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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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TwoSix reacted to Nytmare's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with
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I'm a huge fan of how Torchbearer (and to a lesser extent the rest of the Burning Wheel family) handles it. You have unified methods... -
doctorbadwolf reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
I think any time you have a robust scaffold for exploding an overarching intent/conflict/goal into a multi-part set of checks you have... -
TwoSix reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
Right you are, and the very best RPGs use the system to express the setting and its themes. But those games are not generic and usually...
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TwoSix reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
90% agreed, but you can also build a particular setting into a system. Like Dolmenwood, for example.
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TwoSix reacted to fuindordm's post in the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+] with Like.
I think we have two camps arguing for two aspects of the game that are not actually in conflict. As a fantasy game system capable of...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc....I think any time you have a robust scaffold for exploding an overarching intent/conflict/goal into a multi-part set of checks you have...
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mamba replied to the thread D&D Movie/TV There’s a Baldur’s Gate TV Show Coming!.It wasn’t my complaint so I can only speculate. To me it sounded like ‘you could have made The Lord of the Rings, instead you chose to... -
OB1 reacted to Ulorian - Agent of Chaos's post in the thread D&D Movie/TV There’s a Baldur’s Gate TV Show Coming! with Like.
Honestly, I find it weird that you are performing some incredible gymnastics to try to portray the showrunner/writer/executive producer... -
fuindordm replied to the thread D&D General [+] More Robust 'Fantasy Race' Mechanics for D&D-alikes / Redeeming 'Race as Class' for Modern D&D [+].Right you are, and the very best RPGs use the system to express the setting and its themes. But those games are not generic and usually...
