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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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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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SScott Christian 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
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As I like to say… D&D is a different game with each DM. So I’ve played a few different kinds of D&Ds given that I’ve played with... -
As someone who enjoys, and has at times preferred, shorter fiction, I am always saddened when I think how the market for it has... -
SScott Christian reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I find this fascinating and funny because I totally disagree with @tetrasodium’s perspective but also do not look at my D&D games as “a...
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Tthefutilist replied to the thread Generative resolution.I went and thought about it for a bit, especially in the context of more low-myth systems, and there were complicating factors (I don’t...
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Ruin Explorer reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
This started in another thread but I thought I would spin it off into its own thread before it goes wild. What do you think of TTRPGs... -
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Having it in the MCU gave the show as written two big advantages, creatively, over having it as pure standalone. 1) The concept of... -
So, I love life-path systems (like Traveller). I've used them in my own games (like WOIN). I also like it when systems generate PC...
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Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Imperium Maledictum.I haven't run it but one of the main reasons I haven't is that I felt like the core rulebook was extremely bare-bones (even as someone...
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Mecheon replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun Book.I reckon it ties into your point about D&D being awful for horror. Bluebeeard's Bride? You OOCly know the tale but you're buying into... -
Ruin Explorer replied to the thread Modiphius 2d20 System Opinions?.I built a Mass Effect RPG from Cortex - it's an excellent system - quite abstract in some ways but the output felt really on-point, and...
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Isn't it fairly apparent that they're designing for both? A lot of people look to the PC build rules to provide a set of "descriptors"...
