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Everyone read this article to the end and then join me in imagining a series of very nerdy heist movies whose main character happens to be...

Everyone read this article to the end and then join me in imagining a series of very nerdy heist movies whose main character happens to be named Jon Andersen

https://www.polygon.com/24084654/dnd-dungeons-dragons-original-manuscript

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vague complaining about online reactionariesI’m watching video reviews of a roleplaying game that all have the same conservatively-rooted...

vague complaining about online reactionaries

I’m watching video reviews of a roleplaying game that all have the same conservatively-rooted definition-of-a-“game” thing as that thing that happened like ten years ago. The reviews are not ten years old. This makes me unhappy.

This thread is dedicated to every dude I've ever overheard at a convention or gaming event who pronounced the word "marketing"...

This thread is dedicated to every dude I've ever overheard at a convention or gaming event who pronounced the word "marketing" like it left the foulest taste that's ever been in a cartoon character's mouth.

Hanrahan had it right back in the day: the form invented by Kickstarter is a way of telling a marketing story. Colville shows himself here...

Hanrahan had it right back in the day: the form invented by Kickstarter is a way of telling a marketing story. Colville shows himself here to be a master of the form. (If you haven't seen it yet: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/mcdm-rpg )

I haven't looked at the examples of text from the actual book yet, but the prognosis is good, I think. What I really need to check are his videos on how to run a game; if those are just as good, I'm joining the fan club.

Then a big NEGOTIATION heading over text that reads in part, "Certain NPCs can be negotiated with to get them to change their...

Then a big NEGOTIATION heading over text that reads in part, "Certain NPCs can be negotiated with to get them to change their allegiance or reconsider their actions. (Technically, ANY npc can be negotiated with but there’s usually only one per adventure)". This part struck me as confused at first, but it's a kind of confusion that lets fans of non-combat play feel like there will be a game, while people who hate the thought of "mind control mechanics" can feel like they have an out.

The whole text is very good at evoking the impossible thing that a lot of D&D players want - a brand new thing that's exactly the...

The whole text is very good at evoking the impossible thing that a lot of D&D players want - a brand new thing that's exactly the same - but it also is planting some brazen banners in the ground. The text "You cannot miss." in bold in the section about combat mechanics is a big, blinking neon sign: *this game is for players who feel overwhelmed.* A huge, and hugely underserved, market.

Like, the top section of the pitch says "a brand new game, built from the ground up to give you a better system for running a better...

Like, the top section of the pitch says "a brand new game, built from the ground up to give you a better system for running a better game." There's something shocking about seeing this kind of hammer-on-the-hindbrain marketing language in a TTRPG pitch. This sounds like a slam but it's not: this is like a well-written children's book.

Because that's what it takes to get through to people's hindbrains! And hindbrain reasons are the only reasons not to buy an RPG that doesn't say D&D on it.

Catching up with the whole MCDM thing - this is one of the best-written kickstarter pitches (note the lower-case K on...

Catching up with the whole MCDM thing - this is one of the best-written kickstarter pitches (note the lower-case K on "kickstarter") I've ever read. Reassuring mainstream #DnD players of things like, yes, mechanics can have flavor without being limiting! is a hard brief. Colville has cracked a lot of nuts in this text that I've never seen anyone crack. 🧵

I won’t tell you how I came up with this joke

I won’t tell you how I came up with this joke

We talk about how it’s gonna be dope when our generation is playing D&D in the nursing homes, but given the publishing track record...

We talk about how it’s gonna be dope when our generation is playing D&D in the nursing homes, but given the publishing track record that GenX has already, someone’s 100% gonna try to kickstart, like, “Trouble Pooping: The Card Game”

Fantastic Cohost thread on 4E and the lingering bugaboo of "it's just a video game...

Fantastic Cohost thread on 4E and the lingering bugaboo of "it's just a video game now."

https://cohost.org/Partheniad/post/4026015-too-many-theater-kid

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Meanwhile the fighter is just grillin' and chillin', and 50 years of D&D history says nobody cares what the cleric is doing

Meanwhile the fighter is just grillin' and chillin', and 50 years of D&D history says nobody cares what the cleric is doing

I mean really it's more like wizardlike deckbuilder, roguelike... deck-hider-under?

I mean really it's more like wizardlike deckbuilder, roguelike... deck-hider-under?

Roguelike deckbuilderFighterlike decksanderClericlike decksealerWizardlike deckstander

Roguelike deckbuilder
Fighterlike decksander
Clericlike decksealer
Wizardlike deckstander

It's possible that it's also the first free open-source game ever to be interesting enough that I forgot about that part when...

It's possible that it's also the first free open-source game ever to be interesting enough that I forgot about that part when writing the post

Never heard of this before, kinda amazing maybe?: a turn-based, so-roguelike-it's-text-display-compatible post-apocalyptic survival...

Never heard of this before, kinda amazing maybe?: a turn-based, so-roguelike-it's-text-display-compatible post-apocalyptic survival game.

https://cataclysmdda.org/

Charlton_heston_damn_you_all_to_hell.gifhttps://www.polygon.com/23925728/magic-the-gathering-marvel-crossover

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https://www.polygon.com/23925728/magic-the-gathering-marvel-crossover

I wish to file a complaint: the new li'l flower guys in Super Mario Bros. Wonder are called Poplins when they should clearly be called...

I wish to file a complaint: the new li'l flower guys in Super Mario Bros. Wonder are called Poplins when they should clearly be called Buds

DUELYST.It was Duelyst.And it was in my own bookmarks menu. Don't forget that thing is there, everyone.https://duelyst.org/

DUELYST.

It was Duelyst.

And it was in my own bookmarks menu. Don't forget that thing is there, everyone.

https://duelyst.org/

Unrelated* but someone please stop me from starting to write a grid-based turn-based videogame again* note: lies

Unrelated* but someone please stop me from starting to write a grid-based turn-based videogame again

* note: lies