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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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TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves... -
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Micah Sweet reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with
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I would say it depends on how successful you want your game to be. Games that tightly focus on an intended playstyle and then rigidly... -
Ppemerton replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.From the point of view of the structure of a player's engagement with the game, there is no difference between the following two states...
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TravDoc42 reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General D&D Fan Expo: London Main Show Is Coming This August with Like.
I very much doubt it. (a) it's not until August and (b) they haven't even got it on their events page yet and (c) they don't exactly... -
TravDoc42 reacted to darjr's post in the thread D&D General D&D Fan Expo: London Main Show Is Coming This August with Like.
Whoa! They painted the ampersand on the roof? Is that real?
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SSmackpixi reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
This nonsense has a Viva la Dirt League skit written all over it. Another 2024 5E "improvement" no one asked for. So the party sets up...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle".Yup. If I wanted to play any genre of game that they make a PbtA for (and often do), I would do it with a toolkit system I enjoy more.
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GMMichael replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Feedback wanted: Spend death save failures for additional hit dice.That's cool. Make up something that works. I have to wonder: what's our takeaway from 6e's concessions to today's players? Death... -
Micah Sweet reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle" with Like.
This is a good analysis of Blades. I find that I want to like BitD (and Scum & Villainy) but I struggle to actually do so. Or, put...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread Let's Talk About "Intended Playstyle".I think both kinds of games are good, and I'm glad both exist (although I prefer the toolkit style). I would only pick up and play an...
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Knightfall replied to the thread Kulan: Knightfall's Crisis in Bluffside Game [IC].While Rockhorn hisses back to Akos, the wight notes the quarterstaff in the wild dwarf's hands. It hisses at Rockhorn and pulls on the... -
SSmackpixi reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
There has to be an inciting incident that calls for the initiative roll. If it is an ambush, I give the ambusher a single action that...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
This nonsense has a Viva la Dirt League skit written all over it. Another 2024 5E "improvement" no one asked for. So the party sets up... -
VVon Ether replied to the thread Free League Announces Dragonbane: Trudvang.Perhaps the second most common misconception reviewers had about DB was that the Misty Vale setting was “incomplete” by accident vs...
