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I brought Love Letter on a trip recently and it was real easy to pick up on the first play. Mechanically it’s a bit limited with only 2 players though
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Jack B Nimble posted:Has anyone ever played in a TTRPG where all, most, or many of the dice rolls and mechanics were processed by the GM, so that you didn't know things like your hit points, skills, etc, and engaged with the game based purely or largely on in character knowledge? If so, what did you think of it, was there anything in particular you liked or disliked, and was there anything you very much wanted to roll yourself, like perhaps the essential combat dice?
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mcmagic posted:Looking for a recommendation for a fun casual 2 player boxed card game. I was thinking something like sushi go but that is better with 3+.... Jaipur Village Green plays good with 2 e: though they badly overestimate the benefit of lawns to the local ecology Star Realms. Cthulhu Realms also good. Splicer fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Aug 15, 2022 |
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I had a GM back in college who ran a home brew system, which we didn't know, where he'd roll 3d10 and you got to pick 1 die and make it either 10s or 1s/ So you had some input but.... not really. It worked out. The players, self included, liked not having to do math or make game-y decisions. It made for faster play, since you didn't have to wait on people adding up bonuses or figuring optimal placement on the battlemat. There is a very good chance that the home brew system in question was "on a high roll they succeed, on a low roll they don't" with completely subjective judgement calls about what that actually meant in practice. And that's not far off how some GMs roll in a more traditional game, you look at the roll more than the rules. In my PbtA Traveller playtest, the players had traced their main opposition to a control room in a mining facility. THey gathered up some tool, set up a floor above the control room, and one of the PCs was going to rely on rolling good with +Cool to cut through the floor and drop into the midst of the bad guys as a surprise attack. As a GM I'm thinking "great, 30 minutes into the first session and we have a TPK cued up". This forum's own Aldante Fax then proceeded to roll a double six for +Cool on Grand Entrance. If it's stupid and it works...
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mcmagic posted:Looking for a recommendation for a fun casual 2 player boxed card game. I was thinking something like sushi go but that is better with 3+.... Tides of Madness or 7 Wonders Duel for 2 player drafting
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mllaneza posted:I had a GM back in college who ran a home brew system, which we didn't know, where he'd roll 3d10 and you got to pick 1 die and make it either 10s or 1s/ So you had some input but.... not really. It was an awesome moment.
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Hey everyone! Over the weekend, admins and your TG mods all quickly agreed that Podima has been an excellent IK for The Game Room for years and really should be a moderator. So, now Podima is a mod for TGR, and will act as a back-up/fill-in mod for TG as and when needed. This was long overdue IMO. Podima will continue to be the first contact for TGR issues, but now he has access to the reports queue and the mod chat forum it'll be much easier to coordinate. Podima can also act in TG, and it'll be good to have coverage when both Antivehicular! and myself are away or busy. Thanks Podima!
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Leperflesh posted:Hey everyone! Congrats and also my sympathies!
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 Good mods are important, congratulations and a preemptive bless you.
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I am so sorry Podima.
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More like Modima
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Who are the troublemakers in TG? Can't remember the last time I saw a probe and NO that's not an invitation for an irony probe
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Who is Podima
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Congrats Podima
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Congratulations to Podima, I hope the SCC deck is nice to you now that you've revealed.
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Who are the troublemakers in TG? Can't remember the last time I saw a probe That just means you need to roll higher on your perception check.
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Who are the troublemakers in TG? Can't remember the last time I saw a probe if you need to ask it's you
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It's me. I'm the bad boy of trad games.
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Cheers folks!
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ninjoatse.cx posted:Who are the troublemakers in TG? 
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In all seriousness obviously I'm not going to call out "troublemakers" but also compared to a lot of other subforums on SA, TG has a pretty great bunch of posters and has only rare issues. Coupla threads that require regular attention but I see the volume of reports and issues coming from the politics forums, gbs, etc. and we're good. Erring on the side of more mods vs. fewer is best because it reduces average response time and makes it less impactful when one of us is on vacation, plus we have mod team discussions on thorny issues and an additional perspective or two is usually a good thing.
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Someone from a game company I'd never heard of is asking me how much for sponsorship or collaboration on my wargaming blog that does about 3-5 posts a month. How much money should I ask for. I can't imagine it's serious, but now I'm wondering how much is pay to post out there.
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It's just a Banehammer, Michael. How much could it cost? Ten dollars?
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Comstar posted:Someone from a game company I'd never heard of is asking me how much for sponsorship or collaboration on my wargaming blog that does about 3-5 posts a month. How much money should I ask for. Tell them to roll percentile d10 twice, then consult table 32A. More seriously, game companies you have never heard of are extremely unlikely to be full of cash.
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Comstar posted:Someone from a game company I'd never heard of is asking me how much for sponsorship or collaboration on my wargaming blog that does about 3-5 posts a month. How much money should I ask for. note: I am coming from a litmag/politics quarterly perspective "10c per word" is a decent guideline for writer pay http://whopayswriters.com/#/results "reporting" tends to involve a substantial premium which i doubt you'll be able to command, and i'd say asking for 10c/w is more like, them fully commissioning pieces from you rather than collabs or sponsorships. There's frankly not really any lower limit on sponsorships other than what you'd feel insulted by or not want to be associated with (i.e. don't take sponsorships from the Klan). If they want to throw you 15 bucks a month for you to put "sponsored by Bob's Gamebox" on your about page who am I to argue. So work down from there I guess? I wouldn't say go below maybe 5c/w cuz at that point its just kind of getting unethical.
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I never thought I'd see your smiling face again, Sammy.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I never thought I'd see your smiling face again, Sammy. He's the source of all good (and evil) in the hobby. e- 
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I never thought I'd see your smiling face again, Sammy. What is the source of this image? Tineye has 0 results.
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Foolster41 posted:What is the source of this image? Tineye has 0 results. http://robheinsoo.blogspot.com/2013/09/heart-of-gold-13-true-ways-update.html
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Do not repeat lies. That is a portrait of SA forums user Quarex, everyone knows this.
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Halloween Jack posted:Do not repeat lies. That is a portrait of SA forums user Quarex, everyone knows this. Don't act like you and Quarex aren't best friends. 
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What is a good 6mm miniature game to get into that has fun rules and stuff? I was thinking warhammer epic scale maybe, but also where can you buy the cheap recasts for an epic scale army?
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EpicScales on Etsy has some Orks at least. https://www.trolls.cz/ has Guard and Necrons in 6mm. I've done business with both, very nice castings.
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Monte Cook's "BitD but flashbacks are literal and in-character" came out into preview. It's practically a box of wasted potential.
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hyphz posted:Monte Cook's ... wasted potential.
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hyphz posted:Monte Cook's "BitD but flashbacks are literal and in-character" came out into preview. It's practically a box of wasted potential. Are there some reviews out for it? Monte Cook trying to do a Blades type game sounds fascinating.
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