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Nurgle loves you and has a wonderful plan for every one of your cells.

Did I ask for John Norman’s LitRPG? No, I did not.

Having been there, I just wanted to note that part of dealing with meds that exacerbate depression is trimming as many life sources of depression as you reasonably can. Gaming stuff has been getting you down since well before some of these other factors, so it’s a good candidate for drastic...

No, it alternately bores me and irritates me. But I like to know what’s going on in my genres.

Sudden insight into a publishing opportunity: so nearly as I can tell, all actually existing LitRPG fiction presumes a very directly D&D-like system running the world. So there’s an obvious opening for LitRPG stories where the system is Burning Wheel-like, or Apocalypse World-like, or...

@trappedslider Where’s the pineapple?

Neon City Overdrive lays out a pretty classic framework and is easy to tweak. Hard Wired Island is an alternate present with the pace of tech shoved ahead a bit, set in an orbital habitat that could pay the one in Neuromancer.

Starforged is worth a look. It’s got a standard milieu, but really really easily switches hats for others.

At first when I read that 4e has significant assets for narrativist play, I went: o_O Then I went: :unsure: And now I go: (y)

Right, but who actually has that experience? Nobody here, I’m sure. 👍🏼

It seems like there are two factors at work. 1. Who has the authority to narrate the next segment of forum discussion evolution, and what are the bounds of their narrative authority? The problem is that the meta-currency is invisible, and so are the rules about earning and spending it. 2...

[rolls] It doesn’t miss you, either. Now to roll 17-38 pts of damage.

I used Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand in playtesting Adventure 1e. It fit very well - that part of the WoD always had a pulp luridness about it.

That Vox article doesn’t survive even brief contact with actual feline behavior studies.

That’s a better idea than mine, yes. I’ve seen some Trav grognards holding forth on how no modern sf writer can hold a candle to even second or third rate authors of the ‘30s-‘50s. And there are l more folks who aren’t jerks about it, just preferring A over B for gaming.

I wonder if it’s worth splitting classic/vintage space opera from new/modern space opera. Someone looking for a Doc Smith campaign is not looking for the stuff as someone looking for a Vernor Vinge, Adrian Tchaikovsky, or Stephen Baxter campaign.

That’s just the kind of defensive response I expect from your sort of advocate of genocide, trade deficits, and foot fungus.