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The story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is a tragedy of American history: a cautionary tale of class bias, social anxiety, and... -
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It is with some measure of irony that in this month’s editorial Ian Livingstone asks “when will we see a British RPG on the scene?” It’s... -
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I launched my first session at my local public library, and I’m pleased to report it was a success. But it was not without a few bumps...
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Christian Hoffer posted the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D in *Dungeons & Dragons.Wizards of the Coast has made another D&D game designer - this time tapping Erin Roberts, creator of the Godsbreath setting seen in... -
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Ggban007 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Great questions! I think we spin waaaaay to much over the distinctions here, like between, "...is a story," and, "...is a story... -
SSteve Gorak reacted to TaranTheWanderer's post in the thread (5.24 PBP) Vault Redux (OOC) Fitz's Refresher with Like.
Happy New Year everyone. Wondering if we want to get things booted up again?
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I'm A Banana reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D with Like.
This feels like saying Chicago is redundant when New York City is right there. They're two planar cities, but very different otherwise... -
R_J_K75 replied to the thread What kinds of games do you like, and why?.What kinds of games do you like, and why? Drinking games followed by strip poker. Why? I think it speaks for itself. -
aramis erak replied to the thread Help Me Pick A Convention Game To Run.Concur. Either Classic or Mongoose 2e are great choices. GT isn't bad if you know GURPS. HeroTrav's decent if you know hero... GT would... -
Ggban007 reacted to payn's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I see it more as seeding a story. You are choosing a setting and characters and then making something of that. I dont mind a little prep...
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the Jester reacted to LordEntrails's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with Like.
Found this on Facebook and thoughts folks here would be interested. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18DKiJka76/ -
JJohn Lloyd1 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".Maybe we should be using a literature definition of 'story', but rather a history definition of story. I.e. connected events, etc to to...
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AAlViking reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Yeah, I think it is a really important, and maybe unappreciated, dial. The DMG gestures at it with the 'gritty realism' variant which...
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Lakesidefantasy reacted to Silam's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Sure, I guess what you’re saying is that players can’t long rest anytime since they must be at the keep to do it. But if they have the... -
Lakesidefantasy reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I voted for 3 - exact middle of the road. I generally try to provide some sort of time pressure to discourage long rests - most often...
