Jack Edward

I think there is a huge swathe of the hobby for whom “2d6 vs 1d12” is about as much variety in innovation they’ve exposed themselves to, and have come to the enlightened position that all roads are the same inside that tiny bubble.

Sure doesn’t.

What incursion did you use??

This reminds me of discourse that’s like, the discourse of: you don’t have a fan fiction character’s consent to give them romantic desires they didn’t have in source material.

Brad Kerr once described the problem here in “Souls-like TTRPG” discourse as the fact that Elden Ring has more in common with Tony Hawk Pro Skater than anything resembling an RPG.

I am shocked that this is still a design goal for some folks!

We’re going to have to beat this drum for years and years and years until, like “D&D 4e is a perfectly good game,” it becomes something we’ve all pretended to believe since the beginning.

This looks mad fucking good

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Folks in Seth’s comments are saying “but what about inflation?”

How much do people think they HAVE to spend on TTRPGs to play them exactly?

Ah yeah, as someone who spent years wearing myself out on gridded combat (and ran MB recently) I thought it was good guidance.

It’s really hard trying to translate ideas from other styles!

Oh totally! One of the best reasons to object to ItO-style games is being a Crunch Tactical Combat Guy. It’s just a whole different school of thought!

It just feels good seeing someone admit that players like rolling dice, a take way more controversial in the dice game hobby than it should be.

Which part drives you nuts I’m curious

Jealous for Gen Con attendees primarily for access to Wild Bill's Sodas on tap.

Speaking as one of those suckers who paid like $80 for a tin cup, I can't imagine a greater consolation for the life of a conventional goer than that sweet sticky bullshit.

the best

She GLOG on my BLORB until I adjudicate unexpected situations fairly

She love on my craft until I'm In the Mountains of Madness.

Lotta good ones in the gc today

She Kick my starter 'til I never delivered

Ha! Gorgeous.

a game designer is born from trust — as a player, i am trusting that your game is worth playing and that if i come to it in good faith, it will provide for me in turn. i think playtesting is an important step for earning and maintaining that trust

Everyone responding to this mistaking current relevance with influence. Diagnoses: Too young. Many such cases.

Twilight was inspired by MCR, and they were asked to do the soundtrack but turned it down. Paramore later got to be a part of the project.

100,000%, I totally agree. I’ve heard people in AP behind the scenes be like “You know, maybe this will all slide away from something driven and mediated by rules, toward something more like improvised radio drama.”

And I’m like “that is the opposite direction I want y’all to take this.”

Tighter episodes and — this might seem harsh — less faffing about with character introductions and meandering moments between player characters where it feels like neither player knows why they’re in the scene or where it’s going.

I like the take that he was just making stuff up, but instead I think sadly that it is just verrrrrrrry fast-and-loose with the history.

There is a parallel to the TTRPG “immersion” thing in film/theater, where people believe that Method Acting is like, the most extreme form or pinnacle expression of acting, as opposed to an incredibly niche and distinct school of acting pedagogy that has always been a profound minority technique.

I liked Sinners, but… is it just me, or does the movie imply pretty overtly that the Irish were forcibly converted to Christianity by the British?

Listen homie,,, I wanna playtest. Iss that already over??

Integrity is the only way out --------

Here's what my ass has to say about Goodman Games. Happy Mother's Day!