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zarionofarabel replied to the thread How do you like to start a campaign.Yeah, the whole "people get talked into playing something they don't want to play" thing can't happen at my table because I don't run... -
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There are many games where this just isn't a thing, as in "roles;" or there's a wide variety of classes that can fill roles. Eg: in 3/4... -
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Modern technology is great for horror. See Mike Flanagan’s movie Oculus for a laundry list of swipable moments. Phone calls and web...
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For me, it's not necessarily collaborative PC creation - or, at least, not in a strict sense. But the starting situation has to have...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Making Modern Communication Work in Horror Games with
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“You think the Earth is FLAT? Moron! It’s a 5th dimensional hypersphere, ruled by Arachnoid Overlords!” “Whaaaaaa? Where’d you hear... -
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Most of the games I’ve played over the last few years have some element of collaborative PC creation. It works so well that I don’t...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread Making Modern Communication Work in Horror Games.Considering the explosion of science deniers, flat earthers, and proliferation of all kinds of other "internet conspiracies" that have...
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I heard someone describe the feds as a drunk hippopotamus. It takes forever for them to get to you, but once there they make their...
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Information on the Internet isn't always correct. Could be just a typing error in the entry. Or deliberately wrong info placed there...
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zarionofarabel reacted to Dannyalcatraz's post in the thread Making Modern Communication Work in Horror Games with Like.
Going further, as we’re all aware, disinformation is still a thing online. In The Ninth Gate, there’s all kinds of disinformation on...
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Current game: We're all former students of a prestigous fencing school brought back to do a mission for the Bishop (a good guy...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread How do you like to start a campaign.Oh indeed it can be done, and at one time was the norm, but it's not my personal preference anymore. I actually reaffirmed my preference...
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zarionofarabel reacted to DrunkonDuty's post in the thread How do you like to start a campaign with Like.
Nowadays I like my PCs to have connections to one another set up as part of session 0. The actual starting session will usually be a...
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zarionofarabel replied to the thread How do you like to start a campaign.I like to have a Session Zero that includes group PC creation wherein the players decide on preexisting relationships between the PCs. I...
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zarionofarabel reacted to pemerton's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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The notion that there is some sort of trade off between player and GM enjoyment of the game - on some posited spectrum from "dancing...