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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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FFrozenNorth reacted to Crimson Longinus's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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So about surprises and playing against your best interests. A while ago in our Blades game our characters were negotiating with an... -
DEFCON 1 replied to the thread D&D General Design issues with 5e.Well, based upon all the responses we have seen thus far, the answer appears to be to never bother making a 6E at all because no matter... -
FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I'm giving XP for a player to have his character ditch the main party, put the entire campaign storyline at risk, for him to attempt to...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I couldn't possibly count the number of times in my life that somebody has made a convincing argument I couldn't refute and yet I still...
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RenleyRenfield replied to the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency.Careful sir! This makes me want to turn this into a Cortex appreciation thread ... ;) I could flood it with things I love about Cortex! -
FFrozenNorth reacted to Fenris-77's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Frankly, I don't think there is anything but other kinds of immersion. The experience being described there is so personal and so tied...
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AAlViking replied to the thread RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels.Just giving my experience l, opinion and preferences. I don't see how reading the exact same text on screen or physical format makes a...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Because there are some (many) games that you don't want to play in an immersive fashion. To me, those kinds of complaints feel somewhat...
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SSteady Vane reacted to Morrus's post in the thread AI/LLMs Hasbro CEO Reiterates That AI Isn't Used to Make D&D Because of the Game's Audience and Creators with Like.
You're describing a video game. Those already exist. As far as I can make out, your thesis is "let's get rid of TTRPGs and just play...
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FFrozenNorth reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
Ah, I wanted to eliminate me as the arbiter of what is good. I do not want that responsibility. I want to stay far away from that as...
