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  1. loverdrive

    IRON DM 2023 Tournament Thread

    It was intended as a way to "solve" the challenge with security codes. but I probably should've emphasized it more clearly And I realized too late that Lenin being a mushroom-radiowave hybrid is way too obscure of a reference. @Iron Sky this was a nice match! I really liked wall-breaking...
  2. loverdrive

    The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

    Speaking of burgers, pineapple burgers taste sooo good, and works really well with hot peppers First, pineapple burns your mouth with acid, and then you basically apply jalapenos to the wound, it's awesome
  3. loverdrive

    Asymmetrical Tactical Roles: Players vs GMs

    I would argue GM being just one person has a distinct advantage in centralized control, because they can make plans and deliberately create a favorable situation for unit A with unit B without revealing any of it out loud. I've played a lot of paired Warhammer 40k tournaments where two people...
  4. loverdrive

    IRON DM 2023 Tournament Thread

    shoot I forgot to include the ingredients, see the next post
  5. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    I think the link leads to a wrong URL
  6. loverdrive

    Make It Yourself

    As someone who has design as their main hobby and TTRPGs as a secondary one, I both agree and I don't. Yes, everyone can make games, but I feel like you either a making a game or playing one. Design requires iteration, and it's hard to iterate in an ongoing game, and if everyone is there to...
  7. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    Sure, it'll work!
  8. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    Due to timezone shennanigans, Nov 7 6PM is Nov 8 5AM for me, and I'll be sorta busy. I can manage if it's a big deal, but any other day will be preferable.
  9. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    Either day works for me
  10. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    I'm free until November 8th
  11. loverdrive

    Soviet Reversal or how the reward should be different from the challenge

    They are not mutually exclusive, really. First, if character becomes noticeably stronger at their old thing, then the same challenge isn't the same anymore, because now they have new ways of approaching it, thus basically destroying all my enjoyment derived from perfecting it. (and if they...
  12. loverdrive

    Iron DM 2023 Scheduling Thread

    I think I will!
  13. loverdrive

    Soviet Reversal or how the reward should be different from the challenge

    I'm mostly busy making vidyagames, as you might see on my Itch, so I don't really have much time to do any TTRPG-related work and/or thinking, but here's some: While working on my game, I recently had an epiphany: reward for beating a challenge should never boost your ability to beat similar...
  14. loverdrive

    Musings On Post Apocalyptic RPGs

    I'm pretty much the opposite and like post apocalypse to be fairly mundane and my beloved Apocalypse World with its Psychic Maelstorm is pushing the envelope on my preferred amount of fantastical. I also love Nuclear Winter as a setting, and wish there were more games explicitly build around...
  15. loverdrive

    The GM's World, the Players' Campaign

    While it is pretty tongue-in-cheek, seriously: in a week between the previous session and this one, anything other than Super Important Details (tm) will just evaporate from memory, to be replaced with stuff like cat gifs, conversations with friends, work, art projects and anxiety over the...
  16. loverdrive

    The GM's World, the Players' Campaign

    I would probably say that worldbuilding is a fun pastime in of itself, that is largely separate from the actual process of play, because nothing would break if GM would just... not do it. Players don't have object permanence and forget what you were saying five minutes later anyway, and even if...
  17. loverdrive

    How Do You Like Your Extents of Progression?

    While, yeah, nominally you are up against the Dark Lord Of Evil Darkness, in reality you are interacting with his 10th in command. I don't dispute that there are workarounds the fact drastic power level progression necessitates characters "outgrowing" previous threats, this is what they are...
  18. loverdrive

    What is a "Narrative Mechanic"?

    nevermind, I can't read
  19. loverdrive

    How Do You Like Your Extents of Progression?

    Competent With Little Change, but Zero to Zero.5, Always Powerful But No Progression and similar options work for me too. I just really dislike vast power level growth. It makes things that I like a lot (like, for example, actually having an antagonist), for all intents and purposes, completely...
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