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Apparently there’s yet another edition of Vampire (the RPG) in the works. I never even looked at the last edition. Ever since they sold out to a video game company the RPG stuff has mostly felt like an afterthought placeholder to keep the IP alive.
Once a game is controlled by corporate interests instead of creative talent, there’s just no long term vision. Licenses get cancelled or transferred, based on the whims of some distant board of directors.
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Eine Vorschau zu Ravachols Swords Without Master ist gerade bei mir gedroppt. Schaue ich mir an, nachdem ich OddArtworks The Age of Goblins angeguckt habe.
Whoah, bin auf beides gespannt, aktuell aber mehr auf TAoG, weil die Leute Goblins in einem uralten Wald spielen und das Regelsystem wohl das von Dread Knight ist, was mir gefällt. Mal sehen, was Juan Moore und Charlotte Traynor (deren The Quick and the Undead im Oktober oder November droppen soll) gebaut haben. Juans Illus werden mega sein.
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Handgezeichnete Fantasy-Illustration mehrerer kämpfender Goblins im Comic-/Old-School-RPG-Stil, mit kräftigen warmen Farben wie Orange, Gelb, Rot und Grün, markanten schwarzen Konturen und leicht rauer Drucktextur.
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It got bad fast! Ed Simbalist's unplayable Chivalry & Sorcery (1977) and Space Opera (1980) for instance, both less than six years after D&D 1.0.
@cptbutton @jaystephens
When I read really intricate RPG rules, I always think, "Oh you poor man, don't you realise that nobody will pay attention to all this in practice at the table?" There is no executive power that will enforce any of it.
I got hold of a copy of Campaign Law, a 1984 rulebook for the Rolemaster RPG. It's mind-numbingly boring. And in fact probably quite damaging, as it advises that a game-master must write a small encyclopedia about his fantasy world and draw detailed maps before he can even allow his players to create their characters. It probably scared people off. Also the type is incredibly tiny.
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Under the neon glow of Tempest City’s megacorp skyscrapers, underdog heroes fight for justice in a deadly metropolis full of magic, superpowers, and technology run rampant.
This is Neon Nights, a gritty Masks #ttrpg #ActualPlay on the Happy Jacks RPG Network.
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A bunch of kids with strange powers. An organization that will stop at nothing to capture them. A conspiracy to rule the world. A plan by 4 teens to save it. What could go wrong?
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I've already read this book in English, so reading it in Italian is good practice. Progress is slow, since I am still at early A2 levels. Still, I persevere.
But there are a lot of inside jokes that I lack the cultural references for. If you are curious, this RPGNet thread has some details on those:
forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/brancalonia-spaghetti-fantasy.933066/
(comment on Brancalonia: Manuale Di Ambientazione)
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Mauro Longo, Samuel Marolla: Brancalonia: Manuale Di Ambientazione (2020, Acheron Games)
Ludonarrative Dissidents put Swords of the Serpentine through its paces in an Actual Play with co-designer Kevin Kulp as GM.
Expect fast action, sharp choices, and plenty of Eversink trouble.
My favorite approach for fantasy #ttrpg settings is:
- Magic is a phenomenon describable by the scientific method. It provides reproducable effects, and the scientific method helps you to explain how and why they are reproducable.
- The Divine should be mysterious and ineffible. Religion should not be about "Cosmic Truths" about the setting, but what mortals _believe_ about the Cosmic Truths of the setting. Different religions should have radically different views about the nature of the Gods and the nature of reality (beyond what is known from scientific exploration), and even followers of the same religion should have different interpretations of "The Truth".
The Decay is a new TTRPG designed by Coffee All Night to bring the true essence of survival horror to terrifying unlife at your table.
Check out our one-shot #ActualPlay in this horror #ttrpg below!
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In #DnD, I think we need to change the term ‘random encounters’ to ‘random events’ - it allows for a wider set of tables and I think would get more newer players to start using them more often. #DungeonsAndDragons #TTRPG
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You are a wanderer. You awaken from a statue with no memories, free to explore this endless labyrinth of ancient mysteries with friendly spirits to give you aide and dark forces that mean to do you harm.
Listen to Ruins, a 3-episode Eternal Ruins #ttrpg #ActualPlay.
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Bronwen Winter Phoenix caught up with Robin D. Laws at Tabletop Scotland to talk Page Turners, player agency, dramatic tension, GUMSHOE, and how RPG rules shape the stories players create.
Thanks to Geek Native for the interview!
Stop making your #DnD campaign maps perfect. No-one in history ever made an accurate map. They used to argue about where places were located all the time. Let you PCs discover the truth. #DungeonAndDragons #WorldBuilding #TTRPG
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In the aftermath of The Event, the Redstar Consortium has ruled for centuries. But the Outlaws have found a new source of power, and we're using it to take back what’s ours.
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On the edge of Salem, Indiana, a powerful coven of witches protects their small Midwest town from the supernatural and works tirelessly to rebuild a broken and desperate community.
Follow their story in Great American Witch, a #ttrpg #ActualPlay
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So, The Onion made a joke about a Olivia Rodrigo (who I believe is a pop singer) fantasy game, "The High Winter Elves of Girlville". And of course within a day, we get a real #ttrpg based on that.
https://drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-elves-of-girlville
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Kids with strange powers. An organization that will stop at nothing to capture them. A conspiracy to rule the world. A plan by 4 teens to save it. What could go wrong?
Catch up on The Extraordinaries, an Extra Ordinary #ttrpg AP below and watch live Tuesdays at 7 PM PST
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I was looking into dragon origin stories and came across this fascinating story of the dragon of Norton Fitzwarren.
The town has a dragon symbol on its welcome sign. (Image 1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Fitzwarren
When the Romans were expanding into Britain (around 40 AD), there was a massacre of Britons by the Roman General Ostorius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Ostorius_Scapula
Someone made a statue of Ostorius in the late 1800s (Image 2)
Ostorius put down uprising after uprising. The legend goes that the bones were left piled up in Norton Camp and from these a dragon grew. Over the centuries it grew larger and larger.
In medieval times, one of the Fitzwarren family defeated the dragon and went on to other adventures in Europe.
#dnd #rpg #ttrpg #osr #history
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