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    Post Apocalypse Settings

    Both what? Be a documentary and a Swayze movie? Everyone and their grandmother thinks they are sociologists enough to claim their post-apocalypse is how it would "really" work. I don't buy it.
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    Post Apocalypse Settings

    I have to start with this: Red Dawn was not a documentary - it was a Patrick Swayze movie. It is a documentary in the same way Dirty Dancing was a documentary. And, this, for me, was the problem with TW2000, back in the day (and perhaps today - I haven't followed the game's updates). It was...
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    Will the complexity pendulum swing back?

    It makes sense, but it describes a game that does not offer what I, at least, want in crunch-heavy play. Doing my analysis and decisions on y own, outside a session of play, where there is no immediately unfolding situation, isn't what I'm looking for.
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    Poll: VTT Users - Do you prefer self-hosted or cloud-based VTTs?

    This says most of it, for me. The online experience is already a lesser one, for me, that I generally only use because it is otherwise not reasonable for the group to play in-person. Anything that makes it a hassle is going to push me away from that system. If, for example, my players have to...
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    Will the complexity pendulum swing back?

    As someone who occasionally likes rules heavy games (just not for ttrpg play), when I engage with them, it is because I want to do the thought and analysis around my choices. And, I'm sorry, but I am slower than a computer. For me, any rules that are getting resolved faster than I can do it is...
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    Will the complexity pendulum swing back?

    It think you seem to be defining "the industry" as everything other than D&D, which is still actually most of the market, and is/has been what most would call a "medium" crunch game for a decade and more. In addition to what Morrus points out, I think tabletop RPGs don't go so much for heavy...
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    Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral?

    Pretty much. Nitpick: If you bounce off the atmosphere, not only was your approach too shallow, but you were also way too close.
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    D&D General Weapons should break left and right

    There was no "angle", or stated goal, in the OP for protecting game balance. It was pretty much, "Break weapons, so people who build for having specific weapons don't get the benefits they built for." No consideration of how this changes balance between character classes was given in the OP...
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    Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral?

    So, I foresee a gameplay issue in this. The difference between a "spiral" and a "curve" is really in how tight the curve is - so how stiff the penalties are. And therin lies the problem, which lies in human perception - if the curve is too steep, it is a death spiral. If it is not steep...
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    Post Apocalypse Settings

    It is post-apocalyptic scifi originally built on the D&D engine. Mutants and psionics and stuff. It is post-WWIII, where the war has broken down all economic ties and supply chains.
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    D&D General Advice for a new DM

    My advice: Do not worry about giving an "exceptional" experience. Do not plan obsessively. Do not write up your entire campaign before your second session. The basic goal is not "exceptional". The basic goal is "fun", or "entertaining" - having a good enough time that they want to come back...
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    Does the Death Curve Beat the Death Spiral?

    This. You'd need to be pretty specific to show how what you want is a "curve" and not a "spiral".
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    Server Error Occurred?

    We are aware that our messaging around technical issues isn't robust.
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    D&D General Who is this made for (Not Beginners) - the New D&D Starter Set

    Mod Note: Can you really not tell why we ask you not to make discussions personal? You're done in this thread.
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    I have not heard of any actions by the affiliates before he was preempted.
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    I have not heard of any actions by the affiliates before he was preempted.
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    I am not so sure. It looks to me more like the original decision to preempt Kimmel was a snap judgement. This shift to put him back on then took days.
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    Streaming services, which do you have or are you getting rid of?

    In stock value, not revenue. Stock value can come back.
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    starprize.za.com

    Check to see if it is the same as one of the URLs seen in the other thread. Iirc, darjr can block specific Google ads by url, but if this one is different, blocking the others won't stop it.
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    D&D General The Great Railroad Thread

    When I got on the T to go to work this morning, that was a choice on my part. I could have driven into the city instead. I could even have gotten my employer to pay for my parking, no questions asked. Or, I could have ridden my bicycle, or walked. I chose the train. The main skew to the...
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