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  1. robowieland

    Who Hurt You? Let Players Help With Memorable Villains

    Honestly, it's just the picture. If we're playing a game that requires scaling, it's easy to say "You want that white dragon to be the end boss? Okay, well, it's ancient, so it's a lot tougher than you might expect."
  2. robowieland

    Who Hurt You? Let Players Help With Memorable Villains

    Villains are an important part of every RPG campaign. The expectation is that the Game Master will devise some sort of compelling Big Bad which will wow the players and drive them to adventure. While this can be the case, the Game Master can take some steps to have players help with the heavy...
  3. robowieland

    Outcast Silver Raiders Lets You Choose Your Own OSR Adventure

    While I do seem to review a lot of OSR stuff here, there's plenty of stuff that I read and don't write up. A lot of OSR stuff is guilty of brushing off design flaws with nostalgia. There's always going to be a little bit of nostalgia in these things but some layer on a thick coating of nostalgia...
  4. robowieland

    Outcast Silver Raiders Lets You Choose Your Own OSR Adventure

    That's correct. If you love OSE or Shadowdark and want just the setting bits for one of those games, that's the one you want.
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    Outcast Silver Raiders Lets You Choose Your Own OSR Adventure

    One of the main hallmarks of OSR design is minimalist design. These games want to call back to that feeling of cracking open an ancient boxed set, rolling up a few characters and getting players into a fantasy world without a lot of worrying about rules, optimization or ten page character...
  6. robowieland

    Deadpool Delivers A Delightful Adventure For Marvel Multiverse RPG

    I reviewed the Super Skrull one here and the Murderworld one here. I also liked th Kang campaign but it is admittedly a bit sprawling compared to these.
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  8. robowieland

    Deadpool Delivers A Delightful Adventure For Marvel Multiverse RPG

    I try to give the summary line before spoiler on adventure reviews. Sometimes it's smoother than others.
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    Deadpool Delivers A Delightful Adventure For Marvel Multiverse RPG

    One of the theoretical advantages of tie-in media is being able to coordinate releases across multiple mediums. Shadows of the Empire for Star Wars is a famous example, releasing books, soundtracks, video games, comics and even a sourcebook for the classic West End Games Star Wars Roleplaying...
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  11. robowieland

    Outgunned Brings A Little Dice Dice, Bang Bang To Your Table

    As soon as the players hear that detail about the dog I imagine they decide to start a cupcake business instead of heading into certain death.
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    Outgunned Brings A Little Dice Dice, Bang Bang To Your Table

    One of the main ways that most RPG players classify their games is "gritty versus cinematic". Gritty games tend to feature rules where the hit points are low, the dice are cruel and the game rewards clever execution over trusting in character abilities. Cinematic games lean into genre emulation...
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  14. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    Correct. There's a faded battle image on the end papers and not, say, d20 Weird Things At The Bottom Of A Dragon Hoard. Slappers only, sir.
  15. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    It's somewhere within the 10-100% range (helpful, I know!) There are several ability and spell descriptions that remain unchanged from the 14 Handbook. Though I will never understand why they didn't call this the 50th Anniversary edition. Much less awkward and works with the chapter opener art...
  16. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    I would assume that clicking on a clearly marked review makes it pretty obvious that it's my opinion.
  17. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    If you're talking about mixing and matching with old classes, you have to be mindful because abilities get shifted around. If you're talking about running with all 2024 classes in, say, Curse of Strahd, it could work, though I assume that the Monster Manual will have its own set of edits...
  18. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    That's my terminology, not theirs. It's a lot easier to type than "Dude Who Hits One Target Hard" and "Dude Who Moves Other Dudes On The Map" Although there are a couple bits of 4e that have more obviously returned. Welcome back, Blooded condition! I guess this makes me... sunglasses A Flass...
  19. robowieland

    D&D General D&D Player's Handbook 2024: The Official Advance Review

    After three years of prognosticating, hand wringing and trash talking, the next version of the Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook is here. The ruleset formerly known as #OneD&D has arrived as 2024 Player’s Handbook and although it’s set for a general release on September 17th, the displacer...
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