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Oh god why do I want to create a pseudo-retroclone that uses 4e style tactical abilities and Fate-esque stunts and the Cypher System's "I am an <adjective> <class> that <things>"? There's no way that's a good idea.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Oh god why do I want to create a pseudo-retroclone that uses 4e style tactical abilities and Fate-esque stunts and the Cypher System's "I am an <adjective> <class> that <things>"? There's no way that's a good idea. That's Strike! dude
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Feb 29, 2016 18:53
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...oh yeah. Well, that makes my life a lot easier then.
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Feb 29, 2016 19:02
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Happy Read an RPG In Public Week, I guess.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:43
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I'd be curious to know if this ever convinced even a single person to try out RPGs.
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Feb 29, 2016 20:51
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I guess it like, uh, tells you that the person reading it plays RPGs and could be a way to find people to play with, like if you're new to an area
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Feb 29, 2016 20:57
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The "puts pokemon gym badge pins on their backpack" of ttrpgs
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Feb 29, 2016 20:58
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paradoxGentleman posted:I'd be curious to know if this ever convinced even a single person to try out RPGs. Not that I think that'd ever happen, because generally speaking people don't bother complete strangers who are just trying to sit down and enjoy reading something at the cafe or whatever.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:13
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More to the point most RPGs have terrible covers I wouldn't want to read in public.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:28
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I'm the guy in the pic reading Exalted: The Infernals Mmm yes, a fine example of a teenage rape-monster womb *nods sagely*
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Simian_Prime posted:I'm the guy in the pic reading Exalted: The Infernals Me: Hey man do you buy stuff on Fakku books too.
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Feb 29, 2016 21:42
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Goin' to the state fair so I can read an RPG book, raisin' all that awareness, yup yup.
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What kind of person sees someone reading a book and thinks "now there's someone who's trying to talk"? Edit: if you really want new blood in elf games just find a bar with a game night and bring a one off or something gently caress
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I'm going to do this at the coffee bar this week but I'm also going to put up a sign that says "Please Notice What I Am Reading And Ask Me About It" to make sure people get the point.
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Ominous Jazz posted:Edit: if you really want new blood in elf games just find a bar with a game night and bring a one off or something gently caress Are bars with game nights common in the English speaking world? I have seen exactly one here in Italy, and even then it only did some sort of quiz show and nothing else.
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Feb 29, 2016 22:45
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It feels like a protest against the Satanic Panic even though IIRC it's a relatively recent tradition. I mean whenever I'm pouring over a Shadowrun book at a coffee shop with my laptop, I just look like a regular student reading a textbook.
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Zephirum posted:It feels like a protest against the Satanic Panic even though IIRC it's a relatively recent tradition. I mean whenever I'm pouring over a Shadowrun book at a coffee shop with my laptop, I just look like a regular student reading a textbook. <joke about ShadowRun's chart-heavy complexity here>
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paradoxGentleman posted:Are bars with game nights common in the English speaking world? I have seen exactly one here in Italy, and even then it only did some sort of quiz show and nothing else. If they aren't you could probably start one. I doubt a bar is gonna be uninterested in a bunch of people reliably showing up once a month or something.
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paradoxGentleman posted:Are bars with game nights common in the English speaking world? I have seen exactly one here in Italy, and even then it only did some sort of quiz show and nothing else. Absolutely not
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Evil Mastermind posted:I think the idea is that someone would come over and start talking to you about what that weird book you're reading is?
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To be fair, I have found out there are young people that know D&D, know Warhammer, know Magic, but have never heard of Vampire: the Masquerade. Our cultural heritage will vanish if we don't
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A couple weeks back, I actually did have one of my work colleagues come up to me and ask me about D&D and then further to teach him how to play, but that's because I was doing session prep at work and would regularly have the PDFs open on my laptop.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:have never heard of Vampire: the Masquerade. im glad
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Alien Rope Burn posted:To be fair, I have found out there are young people that know D&D, know Warhammer, know Magic, but have never heard of Vampire: the Masquerade. "We must secure the existence of our kindred and a future for pasty goths."
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That reminds me. The other day I was at my game store playing Netrunner when a couple of gangly looking late-teens/early adults in full-blown vampire dress-up...like, one of them was going hard for the Bela Lugosi look if Bela Lugosi wore a glamorous red corset...came in and asked the store owner if he carried bezzum. "I'm sorry?" "Bezzum." "I...can you say that again?" "Bezzum. You know, Big Eyes, Small Mouth." I politely explained that BESM hasn't been in print for something like a decade and that the parent company was long out of business, and that they could probably find a pirated copy without too much effort. I also directed them towards Strike! and FATE if they were looking for something on the lighter side that promoted reskinning and such, they thanked us and left. And that's my vampire story.
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Kai Tave posted:And that's my vampire story. Big eyes Small print run.
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OVA would would be what they're looking for, almost precisely. At the very least, it's full of Niko Geyer art.
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Countblanc posted:Absolutely not I've only lived in college towns my whole life, one day I'll go back to school  , so I guess my point of reference is hosed.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:OVA would would be what they're looking for, almost precisely. At the very least, it's full of Niko Geyer art. Yeah, I should have. I completely forgot OVA was even a thing that existed tbh.
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Ominous Jazz posted:I've only lived in college towns my whole life, one day I'll go back to school You're probably right that you could start something if you wanted, but I don't think any bars in my town would want people posting LFG bulletins on their wall. More like, if you got a group together you wouldn't get kicked out if you went to one on the right night (ie not a weekend).
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Zephirum posted:It feels like a protest against the Satanic Panic even though IIRC it's a relatively recent tradition. The degree to which no one gives a poo poo about RPGs these days often has no effect on whether or not someone is worried Pat Pulling is about to rise from her grave and join forces with Tipper Gore to destroy teenage fun forever.
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Ominous Jazz posted:If they aren't you could probably start one. I doubt a bar is gonna be uninterested in a bunch of people reliably showing up once a month or something. My former IRL group used to meet up at an English pub in Frankfurt during the first "get to know this group of internet strangers before we decide to start hosting sessions at someone's house" phase, maybe around 3-4 sessions. The bar was chill with it and wasn't busy on the nights we gamed, and it was generally a positive experience (aside from the occasional drunk rear end in a top hat). Also you can order beer there. But the current town I'm in has a board game bar -- one of those places you can go to and pay 5 euro or something and check out one of their huge selection of games for the evening, and they serve beer/finger food. I haven't checked it out yet, but I know there's at least some RPG'ing happening there... there used to be a Pathfinder Society weekly thing there, at least if I remember right. It's just a shame I live in a small city and most of my nerdgame friends are online.
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I am really jealous of folks who have board game bars in their cities. I don't think there's one anywhere around this part of the country.
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We have a few but the game stores that let you screw around with store copies and bring in beer are better.
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Anyone here who actually played Warbirds, and if so, how did you like it?
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paradoxGentleman posted:Are bars with game nights common in the English speaking world? I have seen exactly one here in Italy, and even then it only did some sort of quiz show and nothing else. Pub Trivia? Isn't that a thing everywhere?
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So I read my new copy of Night's Black Agents, on the bus home from the game store. No societal upheavals, yet. Mission Accomplished, I guess?...
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grassy gnoll posted:Anyone here who actually played Warbirds, and if so, how did you like it? It's pretty okay. The setting stuff is fun and evocative for adventures. The system was more simplistic than I expected; task resolution is downright dull and if your players are into mechanics at all they'll quickly figure out which maneuvers are the best. If I were to run it again I'd use the rules from FATE Worlds instead of the system in the book.
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Pope Guilty posted:Also they're partially integrating the madness meters from Unknown Armies. That is something that can happen when you bring Greg Stolze in on a project.
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