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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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Nytmare reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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The idea that what we're calling the fiction is 'just flavour' is probably a core problem in how different people see what playing an... -
PPale Violet Light replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026?.Another Phoenix Point fan? A rare breed. Have you tried Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters? It’s a top-notch turn based tactics game; though not...
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Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.In early days when the Thief wasn't very good at combat they didn't really tread on the Fighters' toes at all. Sure a Thief might get... -
Celebrim reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
I've run Infinity 2d20, which treats social interaction much the same as combat (just like combat has Physical Damage, which is Soaked... -
BBayushi_seikuro replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I don't feel that's railroading as much as plot set-up, and as long as it's not used too often (the GM taking players' abilities away ex...
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Lanefan reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Why? Only he called himself that. Well, I guess Willow did too, but not because he actually was, but because Madmartigan was the one to...
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Lanefan reacted to Krachek's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
I think it is decided each time the most clever and charismatic player play something else than fighter. When the most skilled player at...
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Nytmare reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
And we're back at this again. My very last response on it: We simply do not engage mechanics first at my table. We take fiction...
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soviet reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Wow. No. It was a new edition with new rules. People are welcome to use those new rules or not, but the implication that people were... -
Lanefan replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.Aragorn - fighter with extras. Any swashbuckler - fighter with extras. Lancelot - pure fighter. You've got lost in the weeds, I think...
