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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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Aellic Mornbringer reacted to MGibster's post in the thread Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting) with
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For this model I originally used Army Painter Satin but I just now used Army Painter Anti-Shine Matte. I had been using some Mr. Super... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Exactly. What if your mental model says none of those options work for you? Do you get to pass? If you can, then there's no teeth and... -
Paul Farquhar replied to the thread Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Announced, Release Date Scheduled for June 2026.I hope it isn’t Dark Sun, because if they think it can be summed up as “Champions” they have really very seriously failed to understand... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Again, this is about influence, not dictation or control.
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CreamCloud0 reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
And what happens to the game or to the people at the table if none of the options are "suitable" (and to whom)?
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djotaku replied to the thread RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels.One thing I forgot to comment that I referenced in a blog post last year, but is relevant here. While I was using DDB to create... -
Micah Sweet reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I think in this approach (which I like, at least in some contexts), to answer your subsequent question, it's not that there are no... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
What I want is impactful consequences to meaningful social situations that can potentially be detrimental, whether the Player wants...
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hawkeyefan reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So wait, is, say, "the character handles the temptation to lust perfectly fine, and he moves on with this quest" (what seems to me to be... -
CreamCloud0 reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
The question is if an option where there are no consequences --- where the conflict is overcome --- exists when faced with a conflict...
