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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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NIs this a "I hate skill systems" or really "I don't like XP tied to rolling for skills" post? Most games I've seen that include a skill...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I have to just note that there are plenty of people who, effectively, play RPGs as single-character board games where they get to define... -
Parmandur replied to the thread ICV2 numbers from GAMA are interesting.Maybe, maybe not. Doing well in crowdfunding and we'll in retail are not mutually exclusive, and this Crooked Moon supplement does seem... -
Thomas Shey reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with
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i'd say no, they don't want to be scared, a game is not a movie and people engage with them in different ways, what i believe that... -
NNuminous reacted to VLessa's post in the thread Pbta GM AGENDA for other games? (and Runequest) with Like.
Something I really like in Pbta games is how the GM Agenda communicates the games' core themes and play principles in three simple...
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Thomas Shey reacted to bsss's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
To have fun playing a game that includes the tropes of the desired genre without necessarily getting personally uncomfortable.
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mamba replied to the thread ICV2 numbers from GAMA are interesting.it’s been out a while, so that fulfillment would not show up in this quarter, no idea if it did back then -
Thomas Shey reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
You both are right, for your preferred style, horror is hard. It's not about making characters scared, anxious, uncomfortable. It's...
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Scribe reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
Listen, I know this is hard for some of you, but if you have the desire to post an incredibly dumb hot take that's not based on... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Let's Talk About Metacurrency.That's one way, but its not close to a primary source, because you'd get one Hero Point out of it, and you're going to need more than...
