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Unless your group has really wonky wi-fi service, that's a thing of the past. We've been using Roll20 + Discord audio for over six years, and the most we've ever had, and it is extremely rare, is someone having to restart on of the systems, and that's an issue of a couple minutes, and never...

Our online group, which has been together for years, doesn't use video, just audio.

Except franchised games seldom last. I'm with MIcah. And lets face it: game design is largely an art, not a science, so there is often little difference between 'professional' and 'amateur'. Particularly in this era, where pay and job opportunities are scarce enough that a lot of professional...

True. But given the track record of franchise-based products, I would say the odds are about equal.

Roll20 games tend to be more combat-dynamic. But yes, GMs are in demand.

Have you tried online gaming? The sheer volume of people looking for a regular game is staggering.

Oz, the Emerald Kingdom, or Oz, the HBO series?

Yeah, which is why I would never use Skynet. As you noted, the government is cautious; when they move nukes around, there's always decoy movements, and the weapons are moved in two parts, in separate convoys. The people guarding them don't know if the vehicle they are guarding contains a weapon...

What about androids/artificals/whatever to call them, equipped with pheromone emitters and sexual expertise programming, used to infiltrate Human enclaves by attaching themselves as romantic partners? Terminator went with a more 'hammer' approach, but infiltrator units could honeytrap their way...

I've been in a couple one-offs, but they were handicapped because people were careful not to cross anyone else too far, as we were a established gaming group. I'm thinking of trying it with complete strangers online sometime.

I long to run Paranoia again. But it is tough to get the right kind of group together.

PuGs work in MMOs because the system enforces the rules. And even then, groups frequently degenerate into chaos.

To be clear, a hardened site would mean that an airstrike wouldn't be effective. And there are countless hardened sites all over the USA, not to mention other nations.

I am fine with zero art in RPG books, with the exception of monster descriptions. However, I would prefer no art to bad art. I have no problem with AI art, so long as it is good quality. But I loathe the page borders, overlays, and other ink-killing aspects that add nothing to the rules. My...

So, as it my custom, I set up a folder on my PC with the relevant pdfs on hand, and a doc with the ideas harvested from this thread against future need, and it occurred to me: The AI or AIs involved are going to be located in areas with a robust power grid, and the first things they are going...

I just use the one sub-forum. But given the site is owned by a gaming company, its not so much a news outlet as a marketing site.

Sounds like quality of management had a hand in the closing. That's the curse of the industry: great innovators seldom make good businessmen, and good businessmen are rarely great on the creative side. My baby brother, an engineer, has a sign in his office: at some point in every project you...

No, thanks. I mean, I have and I will again, but I much prefer someone who only needs a few handouts and the core book to integrate.

Truth.

Yeah. So? Its a forum, complete with moderation and allowed/banned topics. its the electronic equivalent of bar talk; sure, you can hear news sitting at a bar, but that's neither the purpose nor the venue.