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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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Ppemerton reacted to darkbard's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with
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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... -
Jjian replied to the thread What Geek Media Do You Refuse To Partake In?.No, this is entirely untrue and you’re speaking from a position of complete ignorance, I fear. Medical students have to learn a massive...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I think for most RPGs it is good idea to design for a specific playstyle. They will fill their own niche in the market. But D&D is not... -
Ppemerton reacted to soviet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I don't think what you're asking for is possible. Note that I didn't respond to a vague assertion of 'fiction first'. I responded to...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan'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.
Do you allow Evil PCs in your game? Or CN hell-raiser PCs? If you do, good on ya! :) If you don't, however, then you're making...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Lanefan'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.
Not sure where you're getting that from, unless your average party size is only 2 or 3 characters. BX and 1e etc. solved this by...
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Ppemerton reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
I don't think is quite accurate. 5E players min-max all the time by trying to shade play in the direction of their best skills and then...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with Like.
Yeah, I don't if I'm weird or not, but my goal is always something like, "If this was a television show, would people be entertained by...
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Ppemerton 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...
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Okay, well basically a lot of people buy them thinking a published campaign will make their DMing life easier, and ultimately feel like...
