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    What does it take for an RPG to die?

    Steffan O'Sullivan uses FUDGE for his game designs; most recently that I noticed, Princess Bride RPG in 2019. Which made it a hard-pass for me. I first encountered FUDGE as a download in LaTex format...
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    What does it take for an RPG to die?

    WEG's Star Wars IP is all owned by LFL, which is now owned by Disney. And Disney let FFG rerelease WEG 1e core & sourcebook. So, WEG's comatose. PretzelBoy is flat out wrong about the IP ownership... MERP: WEG SW 1e: EN Judge Dredd (Fair Use/Fair Dealing exception for educational purpose...
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    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Sun Gp Fallout Loot, Hike. Friar: Seek Monster. Wed Gp Fallout Kill Ten Ghouls, Repair Radio
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    The question this points towards is, "where did those problematic views originate in Bledsaw II?" The default assumption is "At home." I have noted it's as often "from schoolchums" as it is At Home. Bledsaw II being a neofascist implies bad things about Bledsaw I unless Bledsaw I was an absent...
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    RPG Evolution: Dice Alternatives

    The pencils as dice is something I did in middle and high school (and in Basic Training), but they're too easily manipulated. The tower is pretty, but the gimmick factor is pretty high, and looks prone to unclear results... unless it's racheted. And that has other concerns. Reminds me of the...
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    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    I'll note that my successful PBPs have been board games. One thing that was important was how to handle non-contribution at resolution time. It's something I've noticed the better PBPs on COTI have, too.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Small is not of need zero. And the wording in the statement is pretty clear the chance is non-zero. His wording is evasive in the statement. His post above leaves me wondering why the «bleep» he's doing business with Bledsaw at all. Comes across as incoherent when coupled to the various posts...
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    NO. You're seriously missing the point. I'm saying that business work doesn't prove much about the individual behind it, if they choose to hide their views. I'm saying we (gamers in general) missed it in in MAR Barker. Even his students missed it. Rowling didn't publicly reveal her...
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    For those of you who have set up play-by-post games, how do you do it?

    Discord will work just fine provided you set the room to be only players/GM can post. Whether others can read or not is a personal preference. If you upload a map, put a coordinate set — and duplicated it top and bottom, left and right. Possibly adding a grid if it's not distracting. If using...
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    High-quality systemless books [+]

    The old Lejenta titles are excellent, but are really for D&D and T&T, rather than properly systemless, but are low on mechanics. Talislanta, while a game system and a setting, is low on mechanics, and rich on short blurb descriptions... 45 years, and still no elves, but 20 "elf in all but...
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    MAR "Phil" Barker had a 40 year career in RPGs... only after his death did it surface that he was involved with white supremacy groups. 25 years is thus equally as "So «BLEEP»ing what?" We, gamers, as a clade, don't know Goodman's character, only his business. His business deals don't prove his...
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    Goodman Games Offers Assurances About Judges Guild Royalties

    Note: I'm approaching this from a historian's PoV, not a lawyers's, since IANAL. It's not a certain thing that the weasel words of KS's conditions will indemnify Judges Guild/BBJr against fraud or theft claims; the Statute of Limitations is like swiss cheese: plenty of holes. (exceptions for...
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    What time would you play an evening online 3 hour game session mid to long term?

    My long term sunday night game is online, running 19:30 to 00:00 Pacific most weeks. Sometimes, we run to 01:00, and rarely, to 01:30. At times, we started earlier by an hour. But EO doesn't get off work until 17:00 AkT (18:00 Pacific), and needs time to drive home. It's 55 minutes or so for him...
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Has it gone to an appellate court in the US yet? If not, then whether it's enforceable or not is a potentially unlawful clause in the click-thrugh contract.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    They benefit from what little liability they would have for the unprovided material paid for. No guarantee there. Less harmed? Sure. I doubt the payback will be adjusted for inflation. Hell, I have doubts if it will even hit the contributors contributions. So, not the real CSIO.
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    Goodman Games Revives Relationship With Anti-Semitic Publisher For New City State Kickstarter [UPDATED]

    Kicking them off the internet is technologically possible. In the US, it's not legal. Something about free speech rights. The right exercised to say they should be ostracized is the very same right they exploit to spread their message of hate. EnWorld does kick them off the boards... when they...
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    Boxed Sets: What Do You Want In Them

    Note that many companies in the medical space are putting product information of FAT32 formatted ROMs, on a very thin USB, roughly 12×2×25mm (the tongue of the type A plug). My last CPAP and my glucometer both shipped with such. The stick itself lacks the ground shield, but fits snugly in a USB...
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