Saturday, 10 October 2020

"What are you willing to sacrifice?" A hollow question... - Planning RPG stories

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Last year I've watched through Exaltwitch , an Exalted actual play (you can read my review of it here ). One of the big plot points of t...
Saturday, 3 October 2020

Homunculus characters, stat readjustment and character change in RPGs

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My group and I  play a lot of games with interesting mechanics. Lately, we've been trying Cortex , a modular RPG system where you can ta...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Power Inflation in RPGs

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For a few years my group had some fun playing a few games  of  Godbound , a demigod OSR RPG. It was a game letting you play level 20 D&...
Friday, 18 September 2020

Problem of Crafting solving every problem

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Technology and the industrial revolution have been an unprecedented boon to the global standard of living. With them, we escaped the Malthus...
Sunday, 26 July 2020

The Criminal Class - Rogues, Night Caste and their ilk

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Many RPGs let you play character types that can only be described by our modern sensibilities as "criminal" or "outcast"...
Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Congenials - an Exalted Podcast Review

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I’ve spent the last few months listening through a few of the Exalted RPG Podcasts / Actual Plays and I figured I’d share my thoughts on the...
Monday, 20 July 2020

Equivalent Dice Theorems of RPGs

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My group and I  have played a good amount of PbtA games  (Fellowship, Legacy, Dungeon World, etc.). After getting used to them we did a one ...