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FMguru: Sep 10, 2003; peed on;
sexually

Lurdiak posted:

nice

# ? Sep 6, 2017 00:45

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# ? May 14, 2024 03:47

Infinite Oregano: Dec 31, 2007; I'm going to make my friends eat infinite oregano and they'll have to do it because the recipe says so!

What is 'The Die' and is it better than RPBot?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 01:19

bewilderment: Nov 22, 2007; man what

Infinite Oregano posted:

What is 'The Die' and is it better than RPBot?

I know there are two different Discords both of them claiming to be the 'SA Trad Games' discord and I dunno what the difference between the two is meant to be other than I assume some people in one of them don't like some of the people in the other one.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 01:32

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

So hey, I ran No Thank You Evil for my two sons (6 & 7) and a friend's kids (7 and 4, with help from mom) and it was a pretty great time. The rules are nice and simple - simplified Cypher, which is just fine for kids - and the whole vibe was a blast.

The hardest part of running for kids is striking a good balance between a collaborative group story with rules, and an anything-goes let's-pretend brainstorming session where everyone does their own thing. I think they mostly got the hang of it by the end of Dragonsnot Falls - everyone wanted to play again but, man, I was exhausted worse than in any game I've run for grown-ups.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 01:34

Ominous Jazz: Jun 15, 2011; Big D is chillin' over here
Wasteland style

bewilderment posted:

I know there are two different Discords both of them claiming to be the 'SA Trad Games' discord and I dunno what the difference between the two is meant to be other than I assume some people in one of them don't like some of the people in the other one.

Wait until you find the hidden third discord

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:10

Yawgmoth: Sep 10, 2003; This post is cursed!

Ominous Jazz posted:

Wait until you find the hidden third discord

you have to get the achievements for beating the bosses of discords 1 and 2 to unlock it

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:20

grassy gnoll: Aug 27, 2006; The pawsting business is tough work.

There are four discords, but you only need to eat three for the true ending.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:27

Vulpes Vulpes: Apr 28, 2013; "...for you, it is all over...!"

Alien Rope Burn posted:

Spirit of '77 is woefully underappreciated. Which you wouldn't think it would be, but it is.

Spirit of '77 is the best. My game of a freelance underworld coroner and an unlicensed PI to the studios in corrupt 70s LA was a blast.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:33

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

bewilderment posted:

I know there are two different Discords both of them claiming to be the 'SA Trad Games' discord and I dunno what the difference between the two is meant to be other than I assume some people in one of them don't like some of the people in the other one.

theres also the board game discord, where people talk about board games, in discord

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:44

Infinite Oregano: Dec 31, 2007; I'm going to make my friends eat infinite oregano and they'll have to do it because the recipe says so!

grassy gnoll posted:

There are four discords, but you only need to eat three for the true ending.

Finally, my doll waifu and me can be together at last...

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:51

Fuego Fish: Dec 5, 2004; By tooth and claw!

Yawgmoth posted:

you have to get the achievements for beating the bosses of discords 1 and 2 to unlock it

Due to a programming bug I'm actually unbeatable, so you can only get the achievement for #2. I hear they might patch that soon, though.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:57

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Perhaps I shall make my own, other than the one of my game, and the one of my other game.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:01

gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

Imagine 4 discords on the edge of a cliff...

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:43

Anniversary: Sep 12, 2011; I AM A SHIT-FESTIVAL

grassy gnoll posted:

There are four discords, but you only need to eat three for the true ending.

Ahh... You've found yourself a poster...

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:48

Rip_Van_Winkle: Jul 21, 2011; "When life gives you ghosts, you make ghost-robots"

I think this is a philosophy we can all aspire to.

Lurdiak posted:

n i c e

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:07

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

grassy gnoll posted:

There are four discords, but you only need to eat three for the true ending.

A Goon is a Goon, even in a Dream

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:35

Flaggy: Jul 6, 2007; Grandpa Cthulu needs his napping chair; Grimey Drawer

dwarf74 posted:

So hey, I ran No Thank You Evil for my two sons (6 & 7) and a friend's kids (7 and 4, with help from mom) and it was a pretty great time. The rules are nice and simple - simplified Cypher, which is just fine for kids - and the whole vibe was a blast.

The hardest part of running for kids is striking a good balance between a collaborative group story with rules, and an anything-goes let's-pretend brainstorming session where everyone does their own thing. I think they mostly got the hang of it by the end of Dragonsnot Falls - everyone wanted to play again but, man, I was exhausted worse than in any game I've run for grown-ups.

I just picked this up for my kiddo, any tips I should know starting out?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:44

funmanguy: Apr 20, 2006; What time is it?

Flaggy posted:

I just picked this up for my kiddo, any tips I should know starting out?

First suggestion, be sure to have fun! Second suggestion, absolutely no loving WIZARDS!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:57

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

Flaggy posted:

I just picked this up for my kiddo, any tips I should know starting out?

The biggest thing is pretty much what I laid out, above. It's a weird tightrope to walk when 3 kids are totally into the story, and the 4th one wants to sidetrack everyone to get concrete so he can build a ramp for his Cool Car buddy.

The trick, of course, just like for older people, is not to shut it down, but to redirect it. Make that concrete part of the goal or something, and some rad jumps the celebration. Stuff like "inventory" is a challenging concept for a group of kids, so I wouldn't push it too hard. It's hard to explain what 'collaborative storytelling' is to a group of kids who are mostly used to self-guided solo storytelling, without any guidelines or rules. Go with the flow, but lead them together, if that makes sense.

The game is not challenging, by design, and the characters are fairly well over-prepared for anything that may come their way. The rules are incredibly easy, and probably resemble what the Cypher System would have looked like before Monte decided it needed to use a d20 instead of a d6. (Cypher is crap, but this is for kids, and it's easy to understand.) There's simply not enough challenges in an hour or half-hour of time for them to ever run out of their little tokens to spend - and if they do, they can always Have Fun and get them all back.

Prompt them to Be Awesome and help their friends.

It's best with at least 2 players, because of this. Having one grown-up helping the players is a good idea, too.

Get the box set; the cards are a great visual aid for getting everyone started, and the little tokens help even non-readers get their feet wet.

funmanguy posted:

First suggestion, be sure to have fun! Second suggestion, absolutely no loving WIZARDS!

Nobody in my game used their knack for anything other than style, and none of the companions' cyphers got used either. Probably that's a result of the age ranges and the relative difficulty of the adventure, though.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:29

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

Countblanc posted:

theres also the board game discord, where people talk about board games, in discord

Its also the chillest and best SA trad games discord

# ? Sep 6, 2017 10:14

Exmond: May 31, 2007; Writing is fun!

bewilderment posted:

I know there are two different Discords both of them claiming to be the 'SA Trad Games' discord and I dunno what the difference between the two is meant to be other than I assume some people in one of them don't like some of the people in the other one.

1 has discussion about gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity

The other is full of spergs talking about how Warhammer 40K is the best game ever and they post pictures of dogs

Don't join the trad games discord.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 14:40

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Here is mine, "The Third One"

https://discord.gg/XjhZhpu

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:08

Fuego Fish: Dec 5, 2004; By tooth and claw!

The only reason there's two general-use "SA Trad Games" discord servers is because both of us had the bright idea at more-or-less the same time. There was no split, no schism, no rivalry, no weird drama at all beyond the fact I've got someone on my ignore list so I didn't find out until much later.

Join one, join both, who cares. I'm pretty sure I'm banned from the other one due to my eating habits, but from what I hear it's not terrible as a hang-out.

But here's an invite link to the cool one.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:21

Tekopo: Oct 24, 2008; When you see it, you'll shit yourself.

The thing that I find funny is that the board gaming discord was set up before the other two, was originally set up as a Trad Game discord rather than a board game specific one and then it was just taken over by board gaming people.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:35

drrockso20: May 6, 2013; Has Not Actually Done Cocaine

Fuego Fish posted:

The only reason there's two general-use "SA Trad Games" discord servers is because both of us had the bright idea at more-or-less the same time. There was no split, no schism, no rivalry, no weird drama at all beyond the fact I've got someone on my ignore list so I didn't find out until much later.

Join one, join both, who cares. I'm pretty sure I'm banned from the other one due to my eating habits, but from what I hear it's not terrible as a hang-out.

But here's an invite link to the cool one.

Why would your eating habits get you banned from a Discord server?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:41

Mr.Misfit: Jan 10, 2013; The time for
SkellyBones
has come!

Can�t we all just behave as one big happy family?
Or, if all else fails, one big dysfunction family?
Having a single Discord server for SA TG entirely,
even if with different channels, would do well for all TGites

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:52

slap me and kiss me: Apr 1, 2008; You best protect ya neck

Exmond posted:

1 has discussion about gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity

The other is full of spergs talking about how Warhammer 40K is the best game ever and they post pictures of dogs

Don't join the trad games discord.

What do you have against dogs?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 15:53

dwarf74: Sep 2, 2012; Buglord

drrockso20 posted:

Why would your eating habits get you banned from a Discord server?

IIRC it was eating loose beef, like an animal

(I don't know what 'loose beef' means or why eating it could be bad, though, so, uh....)

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:04

Jeb Bush 2012: Apr 4, 2007; A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.

Mr.Misfit posted:

Can�t we all just behave as one big happy family?
Or, if all else fails, one big dysfunction family?
Having a single Discord server for SA TG entirely,
even if with different channels, would do well for all TGites

not convinced by your choice of metre for this one

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:04

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

Who cares about this stupid drama

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:05

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

Flaggy posted:

I just picked this up for my kiddo, any tips I should know starting out?

I ran it this weekend for my girlfriend, her 7-yo, and my 9-yo.

My advice is to read the guide throughly because the organization is utter poo poo and there's no index. (I'm still not totally sure I understand how Fun regenerates).

It was fun!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:06

Arivia: Mar 17, 2011

dwarf74 posted:

IIRC it was eating loose beef, like an animal

(I don't know what 'loose beef' means or why eating it could be bad, though, so, uh....)

Fuego was literally eating a pound of loose ground beef. I told him to be less of a goon and add vegetables or make it into tacos or something. That's how this all got started.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:07

Ominous Jazz: Jun 15, 2011; Big D is chillin' over here
Wasteland style

This thread is about to get real bad real quick, everyone ready?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:11

Serf: May 5, 2011

"loose beef" will never not sound vaguely dirty

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:12

Fuego Fish: Dec 5, 2004; By tooth and claw!

drrockso20 posted:

Why would your eating habits get you banned from a Discord server?

Ah, Arivia has a weird blood feud against me that started with her throwing a tantrum over nothing at all and ended up with her accusing me of racism, domestic violence, lying about my sexuality, and a few other things. Hence why I have her on ignore, it makes the forums a smoother experience for me.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:12

Exmond: May 31, 2007; Writing is fun!

Fuego Fish posted:

Ah, Arivia has a weird blood feud against me that started with her throwing a tantrum over nothing at all and ended up with her accusing me of racism, domestic violence, lying about my sexuality, and a few other things. Hence why I have her on ignore, it makes the forums a smoother experience for me.

Please add this Discordgoons.txt along with a picture of a dog

# ? Sep 6, 2017 16:14