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    Any Good Puzzle Resources?

    The Myst series of computer games are great in this regard - maybe pick up some of the solution books that circulated when these were out. Riven, Exile, Obduction in particular has an SF theme.
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    Any idea what’s up at rpg.net?

    It’s been showing a 503 error for a while now. Site maintenance?
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    Dragonbane general thread

    The only similarity is that Dragonbane uses d20s.
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    [KS] Dragonbane: Magic Book and Arkand City Campaign Book

    Just backed the magic book.
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    Do you remember your first RPG purchase?

    Blue box Basic D&D, followed not long after by the Monster Manual.
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    Monster stat blocks and combat? Oh, yes, absolutely.
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    D&D Lite?
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    How Will The New Tariffs Affect TTRPG Prices?

    The uncertainty is causing as much market disruption as the tariffs themselves.
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    What Does the RPG Hobby Need Now?

    I also prefer "in-person" over "face-to-face or "meatspace." :ROFLMAO:
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    An examination of player agency

    All this argument over a bunch of mechanics and rules "to protect poor weak, innocent players against imaginary, despotic GMs, who just want to write their novels." As if strict rules and mechanics can somehow protect you from bad players, bad GMs or other people you don't agree with. I'm done...
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    An examination of player agency

    Have no issue with player agency and establishing character goals. What bores me is the attempt to systemize agency with strict rules and elaborate mechanics. Playing a character is an art not a science. This feels very much like trying to solve a human social problem by completely changing the...
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    An examination of player agency

    The effort to turn RPG guidelines into hard and immutable rules is as old as the hobby itself.
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    An examination of player agency

    The method of starting with chess as the analogy to RPG makes me tend to agree. Why are we putting competitive boardgame constraints and frameworks on a cooperative storytelling exercise? Answer: because some people want RPG to be more like board (and computer) games.
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