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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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Kannik reacted to Umbran's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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It depends a little on the table agreement, but probably not. It sounds more like situation setup than railroading. I might consider... -
I used to think Star Wars maybe mostly fond memories as a child. The dialogue and acting might not have been great, but the feel and... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread Things you don’t like about DMing.Not getting to run the kinds of games I most enjoy. I want to run old school-styled, high sim games with a lot of detail and preferably... -
Yeah, Mando is absolutely a callback to the whole Western-but-also-Samurai genre that is honestly truer to the origins of Star Wars than... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I answered that question already. General descriptions that do their best to cover what the designer sees as important. It's a not a...
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Jjian replied to the thread Lances were designed to shatter and be disposable?.I thought that was Henry II of France?
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TwoSix reacted to Blue's post in the thread D&D General Warlocks' patrons vs. Paladin Oaths and Cleric Deities with Like.
Exactly! People who are playing the game need additional things at the game level of play. Be it balance against other classes... -
In your defense, DMs are intended to be able to grant circumstantial advantage and disadvantage whenever they want, and I think making... -
Learning new rules is big thing i don't like. When i was in HS or Uni, learning new medium to high crunch game was fun. Now it's chore i...
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I am very over learning new high-crunch games generally. I'll make exceptions if it looks super cool, but mostly no thank you. I have...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I don't know what the GM's reason is for violating table expectations to control my character's choices. Why do you assume it's...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Just use the original (i.e ancient greek) meaning, beloved of the gods or divine favour, and it works just fine. It's mostly the...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Hriston's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I have a hard time imagining the sort of play that would make it desirable for any participant to violate table expectations to control...
