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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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Whizbang Dustyboots reacted to Distracted DM's post in the thread D&D General Besides Nimble, are there other stripped down versions of 5e... with
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What would you consider stripped down, and what would you consider still 5e? Are you talking Nimble 1e or 2e? Does Shadowdark count, for... -
Thomas Shey reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
There are episodes where the technology isn't inherently the problem, people being terrible are the problem. I'd say the show portrays... -
Crimson Longinus reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Well, you can always argue some things are less core to a character than others. If you've got a wide range of skills, some of them are... -
OB1 reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
They had options. Hard choices =/= no choices. You didn't do anything wrong, and I'm one of the most anti-railroading folks I know. -
Thomas Shey reacted to piper909's post in the thread D&D General When We Were Wizards: Review of the Completed Podcast! with Like.
That Fury of the Norsemen prototype was bought with a batch of other Metagaming memorabilia by a serious Metagaming collector and at one...
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Crimson Longinus reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Why wouldn't you? If you decided to play an elf, I'd expect that to come out in some way in your play. Cultural stuff too, as...
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Whizbang Dustyboots replied to the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?.There are episodes where the technology isn't inherently the problem, people being terrible are the problem. I'd say the show portrays...
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GMMichael edited the wiki page E_GUILD_MAINHALL_TRAINERSKILL.Trainer Skills improve your efforts while on quests. Each skill point that you put in a skill is a reusable bonus that you add to... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.There's a lot of games that weigh in training and experience over basic aptitude; Runequest and its kin come to mind here. My own...
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I hate how many things I think I need in front of me to run a game, and I can't seem to talk myself out of it. I wind up switching... -
Dire Bare replied to the thread D&D General Besides Nimble, are there other stripped down versions of 5e....Dungeonesque (2017) from Rogue Comet. It's been forever since I've read through my copy and I've never played it, but it might be what... -
The blank page. That's the part that's the biggest 'struggle' for me. For whatever reason, when I need to come up with a...
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prabe reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Yeah, I've seen that in digital journalism more than once.
