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Egg Embry posted the thread Where’s David Cronenberg’s Scanners Roleplaying Game? Part One in *Geek Talk & Media.Remember 1981’s Scanners? The king of cinematic body horror David Cronenberg wrote and directed Scanners, a film about psychics... -
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Player characters are wonderful things. They have an array of abilities, talents, and special powers that can deal with almost any... -
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DrunkonDuty reacted to JoshuaHarris's post in the thread What videogames are you playing in 2025? with
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I also started playing it again. I got the game a few months ago, I played for some time, and stopped. Now I started again and hope I'll... -
I don't really see the connection between winning and feelings/enjoyment. When I play card or board games, I often lose. That doesn't... -
Paragon Lost reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd Review with Like.
I've read the original Ravenloft novels and short stories, they were scary horror stories. People suffered and died and that was... -
Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..We haven't hit 300 RPM yet. This is just getting started. ;) -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Optimization and optimizers....As usual, this is the opposite of my experience; optimizers are at their best in hard games, and in fact, are often bred by same. The... -
chaoshead87 reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"? with Like.
Well, the problem there is that PCs aren't shabby at making a retreat impossible for opposition in a lot of games either, and a lot of... -
chaoshead87 reacted to Koloth's post in the thread RPG Evolution: What Do You Mean, "Run"? with Like.
An alternative to forcing the party to retreat,(which may be impossible if there is a raging barbarian or similar involved), is to roll...
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Maxperson reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The Battletech RPG is Mechwarrior. Edit: Which I see @Maxperson already mentioned.
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Maxperson reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
IMO, most of the quotes from @pemerton 's preferred game designers read as quite arrogant to me, with an "ivory tower academia" vibe. I...
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Kkayakingpoodle reacted to grankless's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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lmao this thread has gotten completely unreadable when logged in now due to ignores (both toward me and by me). funny I'm astonished at... -
Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..It's completely fair. He uses derogatory terms like... GM Story Hour Princess Play Under Substantial Exploration he says, "This is not...
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My experience is that I end up adapting to the parties I'm running for; having an optimizer or three in the party isn't any different...
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cbwjm replied to the thread Planescape Which Planescape faction do you most closely identify with?.Maybe it's just imposter syndrome talking, but probably the Clueless.
