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My Recs: The Wildsea Slugblaster Changeling: The Lost Scion 2e (Origin is ok but I like Hero better)

This is something I really like about Brinkwood. There are some things that are set in stone as part of the game's premise: there are vampires and they are villains and you are going to take them down. The game group can choose from one of three different Vampire Lords as the big bad, which...

What I mean when I say short sessions is a short run of games, somewhere between 4-6 sessions. I do this with games that I want to try out that I don't think I'd get the full experience from playing just a one-shot.

I think I understand what you say when you are talking about creating a world primer that the characters don't read anyways. I'm not a D&D person but what I appreciate about World of Darkness is that it uses real-life cities, so if you're setting it in a place that all the players have lived in...

I'm curious about people's experiences or preferences regarding the setting they choose to play in when they sit down to start a game. Do you usually use the book's setting and tweak it to your liking? Do you create your own setting whole-cloth, on your own, and present it to your players...

It's hard to pick out of all of the Changeling: the Lost books, but I really liked the additional player options in Winter Masques, and it's definitely the book I've pulled off the shelf the most often. There's just a lot of inspiration there.

I'm a fan of The Gaming Table. She's only been reviewing for a year or two but she's covered a lot of games and I like the time she's taking to review some smaller games.

Sometimes the pitch alone is enough to sell me, but I guess the best way to get me to buy a game is to describe to me what playing that game was like for you, and telling me why you like it. One part of that helps because I'm probably getting introduced to what makes that game special, and that...

Hmm, not really? I guess my long-term players kind of vet themselves. The ones who really enjoy themselves make an effort to show up regularly. Those who aren't having fun or find the game less engaging kind of just... stop showing up. I organize short in-person campaigns when I really want to...

I run an online gaming community but most of the players are local. I started it when I went to university, so I recruited by putting up advertisements. I'm not the only GM in the server at this point, but pretty early on we knew that we wanted some sort of boundary for folks who wanted to play...

I need some way for the players to contribute to the world that we're playing in. I don't like coming up with all of it on my own. So this might be a resource that the player can spend to introduce something new to the world, or maybe a part of a Session 0 that facilitates communal character...

Fiasco was the first game I played that didn't have a GM responsible for the world. It helped me realize that a) everyone at the table having an equal say in what happens is a good thing and b) the plot doesn't always have to make sense. The way External Containment Bureau presents mysteries...

I mean if I was to break down the various crafts that I've done in the past... Sewing - variable costs. Fabric can be cheap or expensive, it depends if I want cotton, silk or polyester. Thread is cheap. Sewing machines are much more expensive than hand-sewing but if I want straight lines or...

Some of the games I mentioned would be suitable for one-shots, but if you want long-term games... FFG Age of Rebellion gives players Duty that they can choose to fulfill in order to both gain experience and increase their group's rank. Increasing your squad's rank gives you access to better...

If you want to increase the power of the humans and add some faerie magic, Brinkwood: Blood of Tyrants might be a neat game to hack for it. The Brinkwood Codex has some neat examples of hacking the original premise for Cradenfell '66 (taking back a beloved community) and Cardanfall 2099...

Hmm, well it's definitely less expensive than biking, scuba-diving skiing, or any outdoor sport that requires a car to get from one place to another on top of the cost of equipment. Photography is similarly expensive: camera, developing tools, editing software, film... I can pay less than $30...

I really like what's happening in the TTRPG scene right now, although I don't know if I would call it "modernizing." I think I'd call it "blossoming". Lancer levels players up after missions via license levels, and as you collect license levels, you can switch between mechs and therefore switch...

I don't think I would have gotten into the hobby if there weren't options that were free. I've spent a considerable amount of money on ttrpgs by now but at the beginning the book I wanted was a big purchase and I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to convince people to play with me. I'm glad I was...

I love this concept! Alright, my turn! Concept: Monsters through the Ages. A zoomed-out timeline of monsters starting in the Middle Ages, all the way up to the present age, possibly even the future. Either players are monsters, or they are hunting monsters. How would you tackle this?

The question was for anyone so I appreciate the response!