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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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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...
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TSR Inc. published Dragon #101 in September 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features the third... -
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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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Zzakael19 reacted to pemerton's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with
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You probably won't be shocked that I'm going to put in a good word for Burning Wheel here: generally it uses binary success/failure on... -
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I'm kind of fond of the social hit points models of BW/BE/MG, 2d20 STA/Dune, and TOR. Three different approaches to it, all of which...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
Gripping scenes are something I think that partial success mechanics scaffold really well. Watch any TV show and you'll see how much...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".e So most of the intent here is to not "trap" a player if they misunderstand teh fictional situation or have a different understanding...
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Indagare Nogitsune reacted to Necropolitan's post in the thread D&D General Gods, huh, what are they good for? with Like.
And the Scarred Lands only have 9 main deities (1 for each Alignment) and a smattering of minor gods so it's a good setting for those... -
the Jester reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
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Not quite, Push Yourself now comprises the old mechanic (before a roll for certain bonuses); and what was once Resistance (Pushing... -
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I want to counter this spurious Alexandrian claim about dissociated mechanics using two recent examples from the 4E D&D game I'm playing...
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Zzakael19 reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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Please name the RPG that aligns the decision process of player and character, does not abstact the game world, and allows one to make... -
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I mean, we're playing games. If people want to say "rules are icky" I'm gonna call it silly. Especially knowing that you like Level Up...
