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Thanks everybody, I’ll start checking these out. Sorry for being unclear, even one other person would work with the systems we’re familiar with but wonky schedules made it unworkable so far. Just a little something to scratch the itch with the two of us is just what we need, whether it’s two PCs or a 1 PC and GM situation.
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Speaking of Stars Without Number, is the revised edition much different from the initial release version? I heard that they improved ship combat dramatically but beyond that I was wondering if there were any other changes the revised edition had which were major?
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SkySteak posted:Speaking of Stars Without Number, is the revised edition much different from the initial release version? I heard that they improved ship combat dramatically but beyond that I was wondering if there were any other changes the revised edition had which were major? By no means an exhaustive comparison, but if it helps here's the page from the SWN revised rulebook (the free version) re: conversion from the old system: 
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re: No-GM games, there's also things like the Mythic GM Emulator (ignore the book with a rule system, it works fine as an overlay for your favourite system), which uses a series of randomisers to answer questions about the current in-game situation.
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M.c.P posted:This seems a good enough place to ask as I can’t find the ‘recommend a system’ thread. On very much the opposite end of the spectrum Danger Patrol works well GMless (you want the one listed as Beta, not the pocket danger patrol)
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Drone posted:By no means an exhaustive comparison, but if it helps here's the page from the SWN revised rulebook (the free version) re: conversion from the old system: Thank you, that is useful to know!
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Heartbreaker: A game that advertises itself as attempting to improve on a "status quo" game but actually mostly just duplicates past innovations and has no hope of succeeding against the network effect of the established game. Backbreaker: A game with intensely complicated rules that also expects the GM to come up with characters and situations defined in terms of those complex rules on the fly (eg, Shadowrun, HERO system) Armbreaker: A game with an enormous heavy book, especially if self-published or crowdfunded thus avoiding the services of an editor (eg, HERO System, City of Mist, Chuubo's) Legbreaker: From "break a leg", a game that sounds much better when podcasted than when played.
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hyphz posted:Heartbreaker: A game that advertises itself as attempting to improve on a "status quo" game but actually mostly just duplicates past innovations and has no hope of succeeding against the network effect of the established game. What's a good example of that last one? I'm guessing Dread, FATE, and the FFG Star Wars games?
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Apr 7, 2018 18:18
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theironjef posted:What's a good example of that last one? I'm guessing Dread, FATE, and the FFG Star Wars games? Knowing Hyphz, Apocalypse World. 
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Apr 7, 2018 18:23
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theironjef posted:What's a good example of that last one? I'm guessing Dread, FATE, and the FFG Star Wars games? 5e
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Apr 7, 2018 18:45
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theironjef posted:What's a good example of that last one? I'm guessing Dread, FATE, and the FFG Star Wars games? Dread plays fine? Why would anyone do an audio recording of a game where half the tension is watching a Jenga tower wiggle around while you pull a brick out?
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Heartstaker: Like a Heartbreaker but the game they're trying to reach back and emulate is Vampire: The Masquerade.
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I was actually going to say 5e. I haven't actually played AW to know for sure..
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Nuns with Guns posted:Dread plays fine? Why would anyone do an audio recording of a game where half the tension is watching a Jenga tower wiggle around while you pull a brick out? As a game with only one real mechanic it's perfect for AP, which is really just a crutch people use to avoid the reality that they're just improv'ing a story.
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Well, yes, improving a story is ultimately what pen and paper RPGs are for that's not really in dispute, but Dread's whole point is the visual of the Jenga tower. That'd be fine for those games hosted as Youtube videos, but wouldn't that lead to a lot of dead air on a podcast while people wait for the draw to happen?
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Please, Pulp Fiction is clearly a game of Fiasco. Reservoir Dogs is the D&D game.
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Apr 7, 2018 19:58
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Is there a good way to sell miniatures online? I have some Tyranids that I'm never gonna do anything with
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Until today, my wife had thought that Dungeons & Dragons was some sort of computer game, and had absolutely zero interest in it. After telling her that Vin Diesel plays it, and then once that got her interest continuing "No, it's not online, it's a bunch of people around a table making up stories about fantasy adventures... yeah, sure, they can be witches if they want," now she's downloaded the 5e basic rules PDF and is asking me questions about how ability modifiers work. I love my wife. 
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Guy Goodbody posted:Is there a good way to sell miniatures online? I have some Tyranids that I'm never gonna do anything with most people just use ebay, I think.
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Nuns with Guns posted:Well, yes, improving a story is ultimately what pen and paper RPGs are for that's not really in dispute, but Dread's whole point is the visual of the Jenga tower. That'd be fine for those games hosted as Youtube videos, but wouldn't that lead to a lot of dead air on a podcast while people wait for the draw to happen? From what I've seen since I have seen a video podcast do dread, they normally play very dramatic music and make it out to be a life-or-death scenario to keep it interesting. I want to say Wil Wheaton did an episode of that.
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Apr 7, 2018 23:47
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don't loving tell people to watch wil wheaton
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Apr 7, 2018 23:52
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Plutonis posted:don't loving tell people to watch wil wheaton I like him.
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Like seriously his Tabletop show is very nicely edited. I've learned about a bunch of board games that way.
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Apr 8, 2018 01:16
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Payndz posted:I love my wife. did you love your wife before
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Board gamers care much more about having rules that function well as written. That's a problem when Wheaton can barely get through half an episode without messing up a rule, and sometimes not a minor one.
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Plutonis posted:don't loving tell people to watch wil wheaton Says the critical fail meme poster.
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And in one image you find more joy than in three hundred combined hours of Wil Wheaton's podcast
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Nuns with Guns posted:Well, yes, improving a story is ultimately what pen and paper RPGs are for that's not really in dispute, but Dread's whole point is the visual of the Jenga tower. That'd be fine for those games hosted as Youtube videos, but wouldn't that lead to a lot of dead air on a podcast while people wait for the draw to happen? https://systemmasterypodcast.com/2016/07/04/system-mastery-actual-play-4-lovedread-jenga/ since jef won't post his own stuff how about you give it alisten and find out.
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Guy Goodbody posted:Is there a good way to sell miniatures online? I have some Tyranids that I'm never gonna do anything with You could PM me and make my girlfriend hate you. (Depending on if I like your 'Nids. I'm picky.)
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theironjef posted:What's a good example of that last one? I'm guessing Dread, FATE, and the FFG Star Wars games?
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golden bubble posted:Board gamers care much more about having rules that function well as written. That's a problem when Wheaton can barely get through half an episode without messing up a rule, and sometimes not a minor one. If I ever play such a game I'll read the manual and take care not to make mistakes. If I'm watching an episode of Tabletop I care much more about the entertainment it provides.
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Payndz posted:I love my wife.
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Rules mistakes are forgivable, but Tabletop have also been extremely lazy when it comes to annotating and correcting their mistakes. They've flat out misrepresented games in the past and done nothing about it except have Wil Wheaton write a whiny offsite blog post about how hard it is to be him. e: Oh, and there was the time they spent an entire episode giving free advertisement to Steve Jackson by playing Munchkin (heavily edited like all Tabletop episodes, which by coincidence makes Munchkin look fine because you don't see how long it takes)... with Steve Jackson himself. Shilling for lovely games that are already insanely overexposed ftw. Scyther fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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Splicer posted:...so why are you encouraging her to play 5e?
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Hostile V posted:It took me a minute to think about this but I'm gonna go with RIFTS. I suppose in a podcast you could edit out the miserable amount of back and forth dice-rolling in combat. Or just turn it into a performance art.
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Elfgames posted:https://systemmasterypodcast.com/2016/07/04/system-mastery-actual-play-4-lovedread-jenga/ since jef won't post his own stuff how about you give it alisten and find out. Cool, thanks for this!
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I asked my players worldbuilding questions for 13th Age, one of which was "which seemingly outrageous rumour about the Elves is actually true" and now I can't stop thinking about the backstory of elise the great's elf dildo.
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https://twitter.com/ChuckTingle/status/983032241482752001
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Alien Rope Burn posted:I suppose in a podcast you could edit out the miserable amount of back and forth dice-rolling in combat. Or just turn it into a performance art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliminators_(1986_film) Vox Valentine fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Apr 8, 2018 |
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