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Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by NiTessine

NiTessine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:58:57 +0000

And here is my contribution: http://nitessine.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/rpg-blog-carnival-things-to-love-things-to-hate-giant-space-hamsters-and/

Comment on A 4e N00b’s Take On D&D Next by TolrendorDM

TolrendorDM — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:43:04 +0000

Nice post! I also came back to D&D for 4E, although not quite as late as 3 years in . Can really relate to your comments on battle maps, and Jon Roberts!!! Have you come across his ‘styles’ for CC3, a mapping program (http://tolrendor-world.net/2012/01/18/map-of-the-month-jonathan-roberts-style-battlemaps/)? Helps me immensely as I’m no artist!!

Comment on Points on a Map: The Oasis of Del Foor Overview by Points on a Map: The Oasis of Del Foor – Possible Plots

Points on a Map: The Oasis of Del Foor – Possible Plots — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:01:05 +0000

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Comment on Allow your Players to be Awesome by CriticalFumble

CriticalFumble — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:45:55 +0000

I somewhat disagree about being awesome on a roll of a one… simply because in D&D that is an automatic miss. The player or party should not benefit from that miss, such as skewering the gnoll.

Comment on Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Available Now by Fiction Review: Tales of the Far West edited by Gareth-Michael Sharka | Game Knight Reviews

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:43 +0000

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Comment on Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Available Now by Fiction Review: Tales of the Far West edited by Gareth-Michael Sharka | Game Knight Reviews

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:43 +0000

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Comment on Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Available Now by Fiction Review: Tales of the Far West edited by Gareth-Michael Sharka | Game Knight Reviews

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:43 +0000

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Comment on Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Available Now by Fiction Review: Tales of the Far West edited by Gareth-Michael Sharka | Game Knight Reviews

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:43 +0000

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Comment on A 4e N00b’s Take On D&D Next by Gary Ray

Gary Ray — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:37 +0000

I wouldn’t call RPGs dying, I would call them a small niche that has remained small. They need to move forward with the times with electronic tools, but I think a lot of us still prefer things like physical books and dice.

Comment on A 4e N00b’s Take On D&D Next by Leif G.S. Notae

Leif G.S. Notae — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:28:13 +0000

I’ve heard all the pitches on electronic offerings, streamline combat and balance ever since 2E/AD&D. While some of it was implemented, most was left to the side when it became about “losing money”.

Hasbro has a standard to keep a product line going. D&D is not even close to being a flagship line, it is all about Magic. This is a desperate attempt to cash in and show they can make the money in a dying hobby (physical copies, multiple editions at top dollar).

I’ll say best of luck, I have my large catalog of 3 and 3.5E as well as my Pathfinder stuff. I might not play anymore, but if I do, I will certainly stay with the product that truly is interchangeable and part of an Open Game License…

Good article though, nice to see the non-crusty vets chime in.

Comment on Back From The (Un)Dead: How a 15-Year D&D Hiatus Ended by A 4e N00b’s Take On D&D Next

A 4e N00b’s Take On D&D Next — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:55 +0000

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Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by JourneymanGM

JourneymanGM — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:40:41 +0000

Here’s my submission: GMs to Love and GMs to Hate.

Comment on A Fork in the Road: Starting the Adventure by A Fork in the Road: Siding with the Rebels

A Fork in the Road: Siding with the Rebels — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000

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Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by Jonathan Jacobs

Jonathan Jacobs — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:25:34 +0000

Too True Matt – seems like that’s an issue for just about every gamer I know these days.

Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by Matt Kauko

Matt Kauko — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:23:00 +0000

I posted my blog post for this months carnival here. Long story short, I like simplicity in my game systems and shorter, related adventures. Most of this is because the amount of time I have to spend on RPGs is shockingly limited these days.

Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by RPG Blog Carnival: What Do You Love? What Do You Hate? | North of Nowhere

RPG Blog Carnival: What Do You Love? What Do You Hate? | North of Nowhere — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:20:39 +0000

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Comment on Sex at the RPG Table: A Dicey Proposition by Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:43:23 +0000

I’ve been cast into a sex/romance scenario a couple of times and, from my experience, the deciding element is the “social intelligence” of the GM (for the lack of a better word ). Basically their ability to see when they pushing a bit too far, the same as in any non-roleplaying conversation.

I thought I’d share two stories from a female gamer’s point of view, so the post might be a little longer I usually end up as the only girl at the table and always play a female PC.

For instance, once my character had to seduce a university professor in order to gain info about an insane doctor our party was investigating. A RPG date happened, was acted out, and then, when the situation got a bit too uncomfortable, everything faded into black and dice were used. It was great. The GM pinpointed exactly the line at which I stopped feeling OK about things and acted accordingly, and I didn’t have to resolve to the somewhat embarassing and atmosphere-breaking, if necessary, line: “uh, guys, you mind if we stop here?”. What more, it was a game at a convention, so the people were almost strangers – some pretty amazing GMing happened there.

On the contrary, once two PCs were trapped in a fallout-style military base, and this was with a group I have been playing with for about two years. After several unsuccesfull attempts to get out, which all failed, it was starting to look as if the only way was for the girl, once again, to get it on with one of the officers. I didn’t want to engage in any romance scenes with this group and GM, because the level of comfort was just not that high, and I tried to indicate so without just saying it out loud. The GM either chose to ignore it or didn’t catch on, and although I drew a line a few minutes later, I felt so upset – almost, as if I was being pushed to do the real thing! Very odd, how emotions work with roleplaying.

So, anyway, that’s my two pennies. I have resolved, when GMing myself, to only use romance/sex when playing a comedial game, because I know that I am rather bad at catching hints On the other hand, when a womanizing investigator from Arkham used a Charm skill last month (under a non-DND system) on an unsuspecting woman from Innsmouth and rolled very, very high – well, there’s romance for the fish-woman, if not for the PC himself

Comment on Stories in the Ether, Issue 3 Available Now! by Gaming News from Around the Net: 17-FEB-2012 | Game Knight Reviews

Gaming News from Around the Net: 17-FEB-2012 | Game Knight Reviews — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:02:41 +0000

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Comment on Episodic Adventures: A New Take on RPG Adventure Design? by Jonathan Jacobs

Jonathan Jacobs — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:19:10 +0000

@Lilith — I’ll have to dive into my super secret vault of Dragon/Dungeon mags to find this now… stay tuned!

@Rob — THank you for stopping by. There goes ANOTHER chunk of cash for your games. Sheesh! To be fair – Spirit of the Century has been on my “to do” gaming list for a while. Now, if I could only find some people to play a one-shot of it. (Does it work for one-shot adventures?)

@Vikki — Thank you for the kind words! I’ll definitely check it out. Savage Worlds is one of my favorite systems, so you’ve already got me at 50% interested and I haven’t even seen it yet! =D Perhaps we’ll check it out and review it here in our Clockwork Reviews column some time. =D

Comment on Episodic Adventures: A New Take on RPG Adventure Design? by Vikki

Vikki — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:56:15 +0000

Jonathan, what you are describiing is very similar to the way we designed our adventures in Olympian Breed. As jobs and family are always placing demands on our time, it’s hard to get any “regular gaming” done. We really like the episodic approach because even if we miss a couple of weeks between games we can still pick up right where we left off (sometineds with a brief recap) and keep advancing the overall story plot. I hope you will check out Olympian Breed – Epic adventures set in mythological Greece for Savage Worlds. It’s available now from DriveThruRPG.com. Anyway, keep writing, I find your thoughts to be most enlightened!

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Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:24:37 +0000

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Comment on Clockwork Reviews: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente by Fitz

Fitz — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:48:20 +0000

My daughter loved this book – I purchased it for her a few months ago. The fairy tale twists kept her quite entertained and she devoured it quickly. Great review and I hope we see more from Valente in this area.

Comment on Clockwork Reviews: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente by History That Never Was » Review up!

History That Never Was » Review up! — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:41:44 +0000

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Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by Paper & Plastic

Paper & Plastic — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:39:41 +0000

Here’s my contribution:
Things to Love, Things to Hate! on Paper & Plastic

Comment on Episodic Adventures: A New Take on RPG Adventure Design? by Rob Donoghue

Rob Donoghue — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:01:05 +0000

So, yes, this is a good idea, and one that’s been kicked around in a few forms, and I admit that ‘ve got a project or three that fitst his general mode on the back burner, but there is definitely room for tweaks.

The biggest is the issue of character ownership. Changing character ownership can totally support a rotating cast of players, but it’s tricky. People get attached to their characters, and this kind of handoff is not popular. You can pick games that make this easier by choosing a setting with less character ownership, such as one based on a wargame or one where you play characters from a licensed property (The Forthcoming Marvel game will probably be good for this) .

An alternate approach is to embrace a premise that freely supports a rotating cast of characters from session to session (Spirit of the Century was designed fro precisely this premise) but that puts more pressure on the GM to really drive towards a conclusion of each session. That’s hard, but I view it as a good kind of hard.

Anyway, if you haven’t already, I totally suggest checking out the book “Crafty TV Writing” by Alex Epstein. Fantastic book ingeneral, but the tips on writing television map very well to episodic, structured play. (And, of course, when the new edition of PTA comes out, I suspect it will also be a useful resource)

-Rob D.

Comment on Sex at the RPG Table: A Dicey Proposition by The Grumpy Celt

The Grumpy Celt — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:26:58 +0000

I have not played Apocalypse World yet, but I have been reading it and rereading it for a review. It makes use of sex as the game is mostly about character relationships, and sex is part of that, though arguably too upbeat in such a downbeat game.

Comment on Things to Love, Things to Hate: February RPG Blog Carnival by Fitz

Fitz — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:34:45 +0000

Here’s my shot at love and hate where I talk about my love/hate relationship with combat and my hatred of munchkins…

http://www.gameknightreviews.com/2012/02/the-gassy-gnoll-love-and-hate-combat-and-munchkins-rpg-blog-carnival/

Comment on Episodic Adventures: A New Take on RPG Adventure Design? by Emma Newman

Emma Newman — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:11:16 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, but I still wouldn’t like that at all, for the reasons I gave. If a player can’t make the session, the session doesn’t happen. It means we meet very rarely, but when we do, everyone who should be there is there, and the character/player consistency is maintained. Otherwise, for me, it would turn the character into a cardboard cut out.

But isn’t that the great thing about running games – we can tailor how we run them to the tastes of the players and GMs involved

Comment on Episodic Adventures: A New Take on RPG Adventure Design? by Lilith

Lilith — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:04:25 +0000

There was a Dragon magazine article about this very thing back in the early 3.0 days. Great read! Now if I could remember what issue it was…

Comment on Sex at the RPG Table: A Dicey Proposition by Hail randomly selected NPC

Hail randomly selected NPC — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:58:55 +0000

It’s an interesting post but I don’t understand why it would be so difficult to do. You can always roll play if it’s so uncomfortable, let the dice handle it. Don’t speak in character while you can speak in the third person, and watch you raunchy level for those who get easily offended.