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My daughter (6) is very much into fantasy stuff and I think she'd really enjoy a TTRPG. Is there anything that'd be light and approachable for a kid who's still learning to read? After looking for some suggestions online I came across The Storymaster's Tales: Weirding Woods. The book should be here today, but I wanted to get some more suggestions if that's a bust.
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Wanderhome.
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Jan 21, 2023 17:45
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Awesome. I'll look into once I get home from work.
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Jan 21, 2023 17:49
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My six year old loves No Thank You Evil. Also, Ironsworn (we play Starforged) is great as a co-op with a kid.
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Jan 21, 2023 19:14
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I played Adventure Tales with my 6yo once but she basically just took over running the game for herself so I don't know that the mechanics really mattered at all.
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Jan 22, 2023 04:21
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https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1616568371587448832?t=K1NUf-fap62d4SkYmbjcmw&s=19 https://twitter.com/tomwalkerisgood/status/1616636952698322947?t=4itY09KfND2sk3av1EqMWA&s=19 🙄🙄🙄
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Jan 22, 2023 05:03
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I mean it's true. Shocking as it may be, not everyone wants to play PTBA game number 8000.
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Jan 22, 2023 05:12
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Edo & Etiquette, yet another amazing Lasers & Feelings hack
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Jan 22, 2023 05:17
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Youremother posted:Edo & Etiquette, yet another amazing Lasers & Feelings hack Roll Edo when you... haven't gotten around to being called Tokyo yet?
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Jan 22, 2023 05:24
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A high number means you’re better at EDO (poetry about warfare, bloodshed, the passage of time, mourning). A low number means you’re better at ETIQUETTE (poetry about beauty, the changing of the seasons, wildlife, and flattering high-ranking court officials.) If you roll your number exactly, you have EDO ETTIQUETTE. You get a special insight into the cutting word of your verse.
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Jan 22, 2023 05:28
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Epi Lepi posted:I mean it's true. Shocking as it may be, not everyone wants to play PTBA game number 8000. It's more the attitude of "anything indie is high art fancy gimmicks instead of real rules" in posts like that. There are tons of indie games that range from simple to high crunch.
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Jan 22, 2023 05:28
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Youremother posted:A high number means you’re better at EDO (poetry about warfare, bloodshed, the passage of time, mourning). A low number means you’re better at ETIQUETTE (poetry about beauty, the changing of the seasons, wildlife, and flattering high-ranking court officials.) If you roll your number exactly, you have EDO ETTIQUETTE. You get a special insight into the cutting word of your verse. Yes, but "Edo" is the name of a place.
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Jan 22, 2023 05:37
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1616568371587448832?t=K1NUf-fap62d4SkYmbjcmw&s=19 someone failed their yugen roll to perceive the beautiful yet ineffable sense of loss in every moment
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Jan 22, 2023 06:27
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Went to a big local tradgames convention this weekend, came across a lot of the standard shops etc, but this stall of guys were handing out free minis for their soon to launch kickstarter which is basically take a clan of dwarves delving into lost ruins, looks pretty neat so thought I'd share; https://www.grimskald.com/
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Jan 22, 2023 06:32
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/thomas_violence/status/1616568371587448832?t=K1NUf-fap62d4SkYmbjcmw&s=19 honestly mostly a condemnation against the social literacy of people who have more than 1000 followers on twitter
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Jan 22, 2023 06:34
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I prefer the 2D20 version of FishBlade but whatevs.
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Jan 22, 2023 06:43
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Still better edited than Shadowrun.
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Jan 22, 2023 06:51
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Edo & Etiquette basically already exists, it's a supplement for Burning Wheel called The Blossoms Are Falling, and its social conflict system is focused on writing poetry. Blossoms is set in Heian era, but still.
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Jan 22, 2023 07:16
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Paracausal posted:Went to a big local tradgames convention this weekend, came across a lot of the standard shops etc, but this stall of guys were handing out free minis for their soon to launch kickstarter which is basically take a clan of dwarves delving into lost ruins, looks pretty neat so thought I'd share; This looks neat, thanks for sharing
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Jan 22, 2023 07:31
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Epi Lepi posted:I mean it's true. Shocking as it may be, not everyone wants to play PTBA game number 8000. Well, it's not like Pathfinder needs any extra promotion for all of their physical books to be selling out right now, but I also haven't been seeing anyone sincerely going "Wow D&D is dead! Finally, my game about crying and banking cakes for sick dragons will finally be the new 'it' RPG! Buy it today at my itch storefront!!!" Like besides Pathfinder, all I really see floated are 13th Age and OSR things if people are looking for D&D copium right now.
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Jan 22, 2023 07:40
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Yeah. I feel like we have more than enough DnD-likes to recommend nowadays if you want to scratch that DnD itch. If Pathfinder's not your speed, there's 13th Age, Shadow of the Demon Lord, all of the OSR games. If none of the existing ones grab you, there's Black Flag getting a playtest surprisingly soon, whatever Matt Colville's cooking up, and who knows how many other heel-chasers? And that's without even getting into more out there games that still fill the fantasy adventure mold like Soulbound or Fellowship, or delving into even more indie projects that aren't immediately high-concept dives into grief and how thinly you can prune a stat system.
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Jan 22, 2023 07:52
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yeah, but if you look at the games actually out there you can't dismiss them as weird and esoteric to justify never moving outside of the D&D comfort zone
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To be clear, my issue with the tweets is the propagation of the idea that "indie" corresponds to an esoteric diceless game about exploring feelings Even if you don't think that there's anything wrong with that kind of game, it quite obviously isn't the only thing that the indie space can and does do
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Oh, without a doubt on both of those regards. We're in one of the most exciting periods of the indie tabletop scene, and its beautiful.
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Paracausal posted:Went to a big local tradgames convention this weekend, came across a lot of the standard shops etc, but this stall of guys were handing out free minis for their soon to launch kickstarter which is basically take a clan of dwarves delving into lost ruins, looks pretty neat so thought I'd share; That seems neat
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Just did a bit of cursory googling for some anecdotal evidence and lol it seems like the physical Pathfinder 2e core book is nigh un-gettable in Europe (unless you happen to find a copy in a store that doesn't have a webshop or something). Granted, RPG supply chains to Europe are usually really bad... is it mostly sold out in the US too?
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Drone posted:Just did a bit of cursory googling for some anecdotal evidence and lol it seems like the physical Pathfinder 2e core book is nigh un-gettable in Europe (unless you happen to find a copy in a store that doesn't have a webshop or something). Granted, RPG supply chains to Europe are usually really bad... is it mostly sold out in the US too? That's ok. Physical books are extremely last-century and the digital copies get errata integrated.
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gradenko_2000 posted:To be clear, my issue with the tweets is the propagation of the idea that "indie" corresponds to an esoteric diceless game about exploring feelings i t ' s a j o k e
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The Bee posted:Oh, without a doubt on both of those regards. We're in one of the most exciting periods of the indie tabletop scene, and its beautiful. I don't know, I feel like I'm missing something. Sure, you've got all these relatively light indie RPG's but... where's my modern SenZar? I'm missing the moonshot more-passion-than-competence 1000-page doorstoppers filled with enthusiasm but short on coherence. I realize that many of them I might never actually play, but I always found them fascinating to read and puzzle over. I haven't been able to find another one of those since Kromore, which felt like a blast from a better past. Toshimo posted:That's ok. Physical books are extremely last-century and the digital copies get errata integrated. Maybe I am just becoming An Old, but I always feel like I have an easier time reading and finding stuff in physical books than digital documents.
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sebmojo posted:i t ' s It's a lovely, unfunny "joke" that illustrates one of the major problems with D&D players.
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I play games like that and I thought it was funny. Take a second to open your heart to laughter.
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The problem is that it's a joke that is virtually indistinguishable from Things People Actually Say, alas.
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Drone posted:Just did a bit of cursory googling for some anecdotal evidence and lol it seems like the physical Pathfinder 2e core book is nigh un-gettable in Europe (unless you happen to find a copy in a store that doesn't have a webshop or something). Granted, RPG supply chains to Europe are usually really bad... is it mostly sold out in the US too? Yes.
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I thought it was pretty funny.
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Kestral posted:The problem is that it's a joke that is virtually indistinguishable from Things People Actually Say, alas. There are some "suggest a PbtA game no matter what recommendation a person is asking for" people on /r/rpg, like there are for many systems, but I admit it, some of them are kinda... weird about it. There is a weird undercurrent of "playing PbtA games is a part of my self-image as a good person (tradgames are ~*icky and problematic*~)" I get from their posts sometimes.
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Panzeh posted:I thought it was pretty funny.
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PurpleXVI posted:Sure, you've got all these relatively light indie RPG's but... where's my modern SenZar? I'm missing the moonshot more-passion-than-competence 1000-page doorstoppers filled with enthusiasm but short on coherence. I realize that many of them I might never actually play, but I always found them fascinating to read and puzzle over. I haven't been able to find another one of those since Kromore, which felt like a blast from a better past. Forgotten Kingdoms? Lancer? But those are pretty competent.
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Toshimo posted:That's ok. Physical books are extremely last-century and the digital copies get errata integrated. I wasn't posting about it to bemoan the lack of physical books vs. always-available PDFs, I was posting about it to point out that Paizo is clearly making a fuckton of money over the last few weeks, so much so that it drained the stock of physical books. (the best is when you buy a physical book and they give you a code for a PDF though.  to publishers who do this)
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Kestral posted:The problem is that it's a joke that is virtually indistinguishable from Things People Actually Say, alas.
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Siivola posted:If your first reaction to D&D shooting itself in the foot wasn't to pull out FishBlade I don't know what to tell you.
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