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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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Mad_Jack replied to the thread Fighting the Gray Tide (Miniature Painting).Yeah, Malifaux has some awesome figures, but they are guilty of some truly heinous attachment points. -
TheAlkaizer replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.Dice pool tells you nothing. Dice pools work differently in different game. Burning Wheel is a dice pool game and works entirely... -
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I was going to mention the game of Ironsworn my group has been playing. It’s a GMless game, so I’m not sure how people would view that…... -
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Yeah, I think that the “solution” to the problem, such as it is, can come from a variety of places. I think for many traditional games...
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MGibster replied to the thread RPG systems frozen in time.I remember the Dead Sea Scrolls being big news in the 1990s when they were using new imagery techology to examin them. The thing about... -
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Re Re Propulsion Miniature Giant Space Hamster ;) -
Zzakael19 replied to the thread Why Blades in the Dark feels less swingy than d20 – and why the bell curve (and variance) aren't the main reason.Well, sometimes I think people have trouble separating “success at what was at stake” with “but there’s some escalation.” Simplistic...
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VHawkwinter replied to the thread What mechanics or subsystems do you use regardless of the game you are running/playing?.Alright. Fair enough. My interest in this idea was not to reduce tracking, it was for moments of "I didn't think to buy that, but my... -
I strongly disagree with this one. If it represents something in the setting, but the character is using it subconsciously; whilst the... -
You know "things I don't like and/or understand."
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Mannahnin reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Spoilers A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms with Like.
I think the lack of knowledge of who's who is somewhat intentional. Egg knows that stuff but Dunk doesn't and this season was mostly...
