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I have a stack of JP Coovert zines. They're great. Love his art style.

Matt has been pushing them hard. They got lucky on the risk it all rolls. I'm no longer watching but from internet chatter, I believe this has changed. I love DH but not a fan of game streaming.

It takes a little practice to get the flow moving but it's worth it. If you have a pile of fear but players are struggling and combat is tense, don't spend it. It really doesn't matter if GM has a fear pile. Once the players start swinging to the top, you've got fear to power abilities and grab...

Yeah, I was just being silly. Most grandmas wouldn't know what to get gamers. Hope you get your Jetfire toy!

Don't knock Grandmas. This grandma has been playing rpgs since 1981 and is well versed in innumerable systems, including RuneQuest lore. Could teach those store people a thing or two. Young whippersnappers!😉

My guess, is it'll be a generic setting suitable for games from Knave to 5e.

I'd probably go with Mausritter or Brindlewood Bay. Mausritter is super easy to make up fun scenarios on the fly and who doesn't want to be a cute, heroic mouse? It'd also be quick to throw some clues together for Brindlewood Bay. Who doesn't want to be an old lady solving mysteries? Heck, I'm...

Yes, Solos are misnamed. They are not worth enough points to ever be alone.

I feel like my Guardian PC is taking the hits in a way that feels right. At the end of a hard combat, she's battered, tired, has taken a hell of a lot of damage but still standing, if barely. And as you say, without just upping hp.

Hopefully next time you roll with lots of hope and critical rolls, leaving the GM gasping at fumes! 😁

I agree with @Ruin Explorer. Checking for hope/fear is too fast to count as a step. Checking for threshold levels was a little slow when we first played, but is now almost as fast as hope/fear. Adding 2d12 + modifier is slower than d20 + modifier. It's definitely faster to just mark armour...

One more vote for the middle one.

I believe the idea of the armour is the thresholds are soaking some damage, but when hp gets through, you can damage your armour a bit to soak up one point or take it all as hp damage. . It's a juicy decision of whether to damage your armour or take the hit. You don't want to totally run out of...

The many marvelous maps from Dyson Logos.

I have a wide umbrella that OSR games fit under. Examples for me are: OSE Shadowdark Crawford's Without Number series Into the ODD Troika Mausritter Beyond the Wall Knave Cairn Mothership Heart Spire His Majesty the Worm Some of these are very different games, but feel OSR/NSR. I appreciate...

Fate is stretchy enough to do horror. I've been in a few very successful Fate horror games.

Yes, I agree. Having the players ask questions, or getting reminders from Matt how the rules work can be helpful for new players observing the livestream. I like how Matt sometimes lets them know what they can't get away with too! I've watched very few livestreams but am wondering if the more...

Not going to show mine. 😂 They're scribbled notes by hand in a notebook or fancy leather journal I got for Christmas. They are also surrounded by doodles I made while thinking. The doodles have nothing to do with the game.

I think the myth of Pathfinder beating D&D comes from the excitement Paizo felt vs.the disappointment WotC felt. PF quickly sold out at GenCon, Paizo was thrilled that they could hire back some people they had laid off plus more. Their PF gamble had paid off. They could publish more PF books and...

Shudder. I'm not playing in any of your horror games. 😂