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VVLessa reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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I don't think it was clearly intended to be secondary to dungeon-crawling at least, but I agree it wasn't well designed. Which was my... -
VVLessa reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I would liken early D&D to a carpentered box. The initial design might not have been particularly planned, it was made from offcuts...
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VVLessa reacted to Aldarc's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Based on Kickstarters I've seen, "if I'm designing a game system in hopes of reaching an audience greater than friends and family," then...
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VVLessa reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Yeah. I think 'intentional' is a pretty good descriptor of this but I agree that the antonym 'aimless' is pretty unfair. 'Curated'...
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VVLessa reacted to soviet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Ironically this offers a good source of distinction. When a 'modern' game has lots of players or releases it is a victim of a syndrome...
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VVLessa reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
The problems arise when what is better for some people isn't better for others. Your two Black Lotus pictures are a good example. The...
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VVLessa reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I find the entire concept of general use games versus specialized games to be one of the more silly ideas in the hobby because it...
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VVLessa reacted to RenleyRenfield's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
You make me a sad panda... why is Pasion de las Pasiones not in number 1 spot? (ok ok I tease. but it is my favorite pbta system/game...
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VVLessa reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
....Over the Edge was so good. Tweet & Laws had some amazing designs- it's part of the unfortunate lack of institutional memory in our...
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VVLessa reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
An interesting contrast is, I think, Monsterhearts. I'm willing to say that PbtA was a good general choice for Monsterhearts, and you'd...
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VVLessa reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
That may be a result of PBtA engine being a victim of " New Hotness Syndrome" (despite not actually being all that new by now). It is...
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VVLessa reacted to loverdrive's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
Honestly, at most PbtA games I scream "what the hell are you doing?!" and I'm famously a big fan of the Apocalypse World. It's very...
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VVLessa reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
While I don't really disagree with your point, I think even at that point there were some differences in how they presented the role of...
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VVLessa reacted to Old Fezziwig's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with Like.
I could not be more here for this. I feel like there's a good Over the Edge or Lacuna Part One game to be had riffing on Pynchon.
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VVLessa reacted to Snarf Zagyg's post in the thread What Do You Think Of As "Modern TTRPG Mechanics"? with
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Y'all stuck with modern gaming? I only play post-modern TTRPGs. Currently, the party is working to obtain the Schwarzgerät by...