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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Gygaxian GMing is not low prep by modern standards. But dungeons are openly artificial and constrained environments where the PCs... -
TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Outrageous! I'm not trying to make my preference central to a discussion of how RPGs should be played. But I am expressing an aesthetic...
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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think that it is a real phenomenon but also a fading one precisely because making video games and mods scratches that itch far better...
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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
This argument is silly. You can't run a game without players either, and the fact that there is usually more than one player isn't the...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think it's not just "design and prep" being the thing. There's also something about the experience of leading others through it: of...
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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Absolutely. The game is what happens at the table with all the players (minus holidays, illness, etc.). Design and prep is strictly a...
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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Design and prep by the GM? I think that might be true of some games, but certainly not all. Any argument that says prep is more...
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TwoSix reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Modern is not necessarily better. Modern is necessarily fresher and modern games come with subjects that haven't been chewed to death...
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TwoSix reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I think 'serving' is a terrible way to characterize RPG play. I think it's more useful to start with the idea that everyone at the table...
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TwoSix replied to the thread Penguin Random House Announces New D&D Romantasy Book.Does that make her a Spice Girl Wannabe? :)
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TwoSix reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Man, I'm just glad I'm not that into any fairly immutable 1st party setting lore! I'm glad that I'm not wedded to anything where new...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I don't think anyone is under an obligation to accept whatever IP holders shovel at them. But I think that endless whinging about new...
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TwoSix reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I remember, in the mid-90s when the internet was still a new thing for grad students in Arts faculties, discovering and enjoying a...
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TwoSix reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Oh, well, on this I simply agree. My point much much earlier was not to this, and not in regards to you or your posts. I was talking...
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TwoSix reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Not sure what to tell you. For me lore has always been a tool used to enable gameplay experiences. The point for me has always been...