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  1. Golden Bee

    How much RP set up should a DM do for players?

    I’ve spent five years as a stand up comic, maybe 15 as a decent dungeon master. I've been paid for writing comedy modules. I’ve been on the set of comedy TV shows, I’ve listened to thousands of hours of comedy podcasts… I have no idea how to make someone quippy. You can tee someone up to be...
  2. Golden Bee

    Play Something Else

    My board game club plays 50+ new games a year.
  3. Golden Bee

    Recurring silly comment about Apocalypse World and similar RPGs

    This is me running PbTA. If you have Q's I can answer. There are also mini clips. :)
  4. Golden Bee

    Advice for setting up a Discord server for running TTRPGs

    I just run audio through Share Screen.
  5. Golden Bee

    Railroading - a slightly tongue in cheek blog post with good points

    JDCSpot Run is joining my rotation. Great blog!
  6. Golden Bee

    It's 2023. Smartphones Exist. Horror Gaming Still Does, Too.

    Really detailed, expert post.
  7. Golden Bee

    Describe your last RPG session in more than 5 words.

    Fate Core: "Tire marks on his dinger!" 1935. The players confronted Amram S Khan, master mystic, in a slipshod way. They were very clever to divert reinforcements, so he tried to flee the way he had before; a puff of smoke and his clothes left on the floor. Unfortunately, his invisibility...
  8. Golden Bee

    Describe your last rpg session in 5 words

    Fate Core: "Tire marks on his dinger!" Said like, five times.
  9. Golden Bee

    Dragonmeet After Action Report

    Glad ya had fun!
  10. Golden Bee

    Adventure Time TTRPG Drops "Yes And" System, Switches To 5E

    Here are some AT Plots that don't engage D&D 5E mechanics (Combat or Skill Checks), feature side characters in solo adventures, or have largely internal conflict. Finn and Jake fall victim to their own laziness when they delegate their adventuring responsibilities to a group of businessmen...
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    Adventure Time TTRPG Drops "Yes And" System, Switches To 5E

    You can be silly in any system, as we prove here:
  12. Golden Bee

    Adventure Time TTRPG Drops "Yes And" System, Switches To 5E

    What class is Jake? BMO? LSP, Hot Dog or Fire Princess? Lady Rainicorn? Who's the party when the group is usually 1 or two people? What's Magic Man's spell list? It's not D&D.
  13. Golden Bee

    Name some of your best Party Origin methods

    I like the hook backgrounds of Powered by the Apocalypse games. it creates different dynamics among everybody while ensuring the relationships have ways to change and evolve naturally. I also like systems they give you experience for making the relationship significantly different, even if they...
  14. Golden Bee

    Any advice for a new Legend of the Five Rings GM

    Courts of Stone had great rules for Making a Court. I'd read those for the Winter parts of the campaign.
  15. Golden Bee

    My White Whale: A True Exploration System (+)

    You can't be "rather" unique. Unique means one of a kind.
  16. Golden Bee

    What dead game would you resurrect?

    Sea Dracula for remote play.
  17. Golden Bee

    Sadly going to be the first of many - estate sales with tons of stuff we nerds love

    Donate the books to fill empty prison libraries.
  18. Golden Bee

    RPG Evolution: Wait, Are We Still Role-Playing?

    Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the elves, Tharkûn to the dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf, to the East I go not.
  19. Golden Bee

    [Story Hour] Daring Tales of Adventure

    We did, luckily! In case ppl hate unsolved endings.
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