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Managing a table of ten players is less like storytelling and more like air traffic control. In the heat of my weekly library sessions... -
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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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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...
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Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...
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TravDoc42 reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with
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I think part of issue is whether or not Chthulu in Ravenloft is supposed to be the actual Chthulu (as in, the actual same one from... -
Gorck reacted to GarrettKP's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Has a New Home Webpage with Like.
It is just a brand page. A landing page for people that visit the domain looking for the game, made to give people a jumping off point... -
Parmandur reacted to TerraDave's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point with Like.
As others have responded 20 and 12 are different numbers, as it turns out. 14 or 15 seems more likely—for a starter set or PHB— with the... -
Parmandur replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Announces Arcana Unleashed, New Magic-Themed Sourcebook at $49.99 Price Point.Right, 12-24.their target market. Technically what I originally said with tongue only partly in cheek is that new books are being aimed...
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CreamCloud0 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Yes, but you wouldn't be able to fail on a check that explicitly questions your character's thoughts and feelings. -
CreamCloud0 reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think that’s actually a big part of this. That ownership that we all can't help but feel toward our characters. That bit of self...
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Micah Sweet reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The term 'character destroyed' is pretty loaded, verging on outright purple prose. Probably not a useful term for civilized discussion. :D -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I strongly dislike using either meta-currency or XP as carrots. I'd much rather go the stick approach, where a penalty is leveled on...
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Fenris-77 replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.The term 'character destroyed' is pretty loaded, verging on outright purple prose. Probably not a useful term for civilized discussion. :D
