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Things might be happening off-stage - either too distant for the PCs to affect, or because they chose to deploy their resources elsewhere.

First copper piece: Could the PCs have affected the 10 round + 3 round timeline? Depending on their knowledge and capabilities, it's certainly possible. If not, it's appropriate to adjust their arrival to what you thought dramatically interesting. Which brings me to my second copper piece: you...

All I got is So Calm [SOCOM] If you are using Argus, something with eyes,

IMHO it's only a railroad if the PCs decide to deviate from their tasks and the GM tries to resist that diversion.

It's no coincidence that Hanrahan has a hand in some of the best campaigns of the last decade plus. The Zalozhny Quartet has four episodes that can be run in any order, along with notes about making the last one used in the campaign a "capstone" (deliberately done to emulate Masks of...

Dungeon World's Fronts are a great way to run a dynamic sandbox (although there's nothing specifically powered by the apocalypse to them). I've all but given up trying to think about contingencies that the players might try - they outbrain me. It's far more efficient to prep a situation in...

Valravn can't disrupt bank heist.

Kevin Kulp (piratecat on this forum) is pretty ruthless when it comes to combining skills in his games, but he gets it to work.

For sure, the decoupling of skills and abilities is a step forward. But I submit that this character would be just as competent with the Medicine skill by itself ;).

I have come to think that it's unnecessary for a system to have both attributes and skills. I understand why such systems exist and endure, but for me there's no extra utility inherent in the additional layer of detail. It's less of a useful method of comparison than we think, because most...

Dwindling resources can be a way to heighten tension in a survival horror game.

This would also let a GM proficient with the game system ensure that novice players start with characters that are competent in their chosen field and/or useful in the specific campaign at hand. OTOH it adds more to the GM's workload. Unless the players are at a loss for ideas, or unwilling to...

Likewise Magical Kitties Save the Day and Kill Puppies for Satan.

Games and the books they run on are protected by the First Amendment in the US.

As a player/GM, it hinges on the degree to which the group thinks dealing with such topics is important. If you are trying to create enjoyable experiences at the table, and not historical reenactments, that's the prime concern. As a creator of content, you should try to express why your work...

Agreed. Their stated rationale is that "if you are driving to work and you're 15 minutes early, you go slow. If you're 5 minutes late, you drive like a maniac." 13th Age has an Escalation Die which rises each round, giving PC's a combat bonus.

It's not my favorite title, but nor should the name be dismissed that lightly. It has endured for half a century, and provides the game's iconic locations and antagonists in a poetic and succinct method that's still copied today. My favorites are the Gumshoe titles Night's Black Agents, Trail...

These are what I'd like to run: A Sentinel Comics RPG game where we are making actual lines of comics as we play. I realize that's done in a general way but I would want to make my own background as opposed to using theirs. A Fall of Delta Green campaign that adapts Masks of Nyarlathotep in...

Dennis Detwiller wrote a scenario in TUO 14/15 set in Rhode Island involving bootleggers and FBI agents, "Call of Duty." But the modern idea sounds good too!

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