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    OSR Knock! Issue 5 Kickstarter is live!

    God, on the one hand, I heard a lot of good things about Knock! from sources I trust, so this comes at a great time. On the other hand, I promised myself to not buy any new hobby related stuff I do not immediately need. How good is Knock!, are all the past issues worth it? I am sure I won't...
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    Mongoose Acquires Dark Conspiracy - Coming 2026!

    Interesting, I only recently learned off this RPG. Sounds intriguing!
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    Kelsey Dionne is live now, Mini-Dungeon Design!

    Let me know if you find out!
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    Building a Kid-Friendly RPG – Need Help Brainstorming Archetypes

    When I started playing with my kid (5) last year, I found that she could handle skill based characters very quickly, but had a harder time understanding class based designs/archetypes. This makes sense, because thus far we have not delved far into fiction. No idea how applicable this is to your...
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    Desert Island RPGs (or which RPGs would you play for the rest of your life?)

    1. Shadowdark 2. Mothership 3. D&D 2014 4. Kal-Arath 5. Solo Borg (once it is released) 6. Traveller 7. Ironsworn 8. Pirate Borg (gotta have pirates on an island, I guess) As book probably Ptolus - City by the Spire, and as luxury some dice. Surprised that I could easily fill the list, and have...
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    Shadowdark How To Run A West Marches Campaign, Kelsey is live now.

    Hope I can watch it today, busy day. But open table play has me interested since reading The Alexandrians thoughts about it.
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    Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem

    I'd argue that piracy is simply the first step in the process. They download the books without paying for them. How is that not piracy? If you can't ask ChatGPT to replicate the PHB, you can't use it to pirate it yourself.
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    How and why do you solo play?

    I like to occasionally play solo to get my TTRPG fix when I otherwise can't. What I really like is using it as a backdrop for my ongoing campaign. I currently play Lichdom (well, haven't continued in a month or two. Seems I can't even get a group together if it's just me), and the journal I am...
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    Gate Pass Gazette April's GPG Sneak Peek

    That oasis is very evocative to me, I am sure my players will stumble upon it in my next dessert!
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    D&D 5E 2024 Monster Manual has better lore than 2014 Monster Manual

    That take is just wild to me. The tables are very good and useful, of course, but the lore is dearly missed. I often feel inspired while reading through a monster book, and the lore is a big part of that.
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    D&D General Why did you have to cancel/reschedule your most recent session?

    Child did wake up before the players arrived. So we played some Elsa game and memory instead. Was quite fun, actually!
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    Shadowdark Setting Looks Set To Be 2025's First Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunder

    Any chance one could have a look? Skaven are always fun!
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    How do you tabletop these days?

    For my group, TTRPGs are a good reason to make time and meet friends, so at the moment only in person for me. I do wonder, though, if I'd like a VTT game. Maybe i will try it soon.
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    Shadowdark Setting Looks Set To Be 2025's First Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunder

    Honestly, I don't experience much need to flip pages while running, as most info I need in a current situation is located in one spread. I appreciate that there is no information overload, it helps finding the stuff I look for on the page quicker. Also, it helps with limited tables pace...
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    Shadowdark Setting Looks Set To Be 2025's First Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunder

    I very much prefer the A5 format, everything important fits in the spreads and is easy to see. Preferences vary, of course, but I think it allows for easy and quick digestion of the necessary information without overload with stuff I do not need right now.
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    Question about ready an action and spell casting

    From the 2014 SRD: [...] When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction when the trigger occurs. To be readied, a spell must have a casting time of 1 action, and holding onto the spell's magic requires concentration. If your concentration...
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    D&D 5E Secrets of the Grave: Undead Monstrosities & Spells of Decay

    Coming in clutch as I am running a campaign with big death/undead themes!
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    Novels and short stories like unusual RPGs

    Lies of Locke Lamorra springs to mind when I read Blades in the Dark. Excellent book in any case!
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    D&D (2024) My preferred way of playing D&D 2024 is... miniatures or not?

    I mostly use TotM, with some of SlyFlourish tokens sprinkled in, when the occasion arises.
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