I think I have about 34 house rules from bathing/smell to rule of cool.Deodorant – use it.Hard liquor – no. This leads to bad decisions.Metal dice – no. This mars my table finish.Act heroic – alignment = good, neutral.Minis – use them.Maps – draw them.Loot – split it.Levels – everyone at the same time. If […]
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Gulf of Texas
UNPOPULAR OPINION
WOTC/HASBROIf you “hate” a company, why do you have one on that shelf? I think they are making money by (what editors call) edition churn. They keep many of us old guys, but honestly, grognards write their own material. > Before entering college, my parents showed me a trick. I needed a chemistry book. We […]
“I want to play a dark character”
Being creative:Can I light my sword on fire?Can I push a bookshelf over?Can I then stab the bandit in the eye? Hmmm Okay, flaming swordboi, the bookcase falls on your enemy and you stabby stab stab the bandit with your flaming sword. Now for a real thrill. “A god has chosen you. He consecrates you […]
Friendly Local Game Stores
Our FLGS had a deep dark secret (negative cashflow). They would order anything for you at the regular price, if you knew to ask, but the ‘display books’ were marked-up 80%. This was to ‘keep them in stock’, but he seems not to have a very good background in Maths. He went into the Yugi […]
There are many ways
There have been many ways to play ‘the game’. Not just different settings and systems. Some flat-out sucked [5e,PF,VtM]. Some were beautiful, but unplayable as long-term. The longest was Traveller Classic Black Empire Strikes Back – 2yr I’m not saying all have been bad. Online has differed greatly from the FLGS. And IRL suffered during […]
Bullion In Science Fiction
Lengthy research into ‘carrying cash’ for science fiction. I was going to hand out gold coins and plutonium as treasure, but after several articles, I can see other forms of bullion being used. A substantial number of video games also provide larger, bulky items that are sort of ‘coin of the realm’. I think the […]
All these Internet people [an annual retrospective]:
Owen invited me to a game, ran session 0, cancelled. Ghosted. Nicole joined and never spoke. Ghosted. Edward ghosted. Amber never ran a game. Ghosted. Dave was no drugs in a druggie game and refused all traps and dungeons. King rolled a character and no showed. Ghosted. Bob was I do drugs, I drug you, […]
Cartoons Are Philosophy
I may be a Catholic meat-eating American, but I understood the subject matter very well. It’s not like Superman was nuanced. It just put forward the idea that a fair-dealing plain-speaking person was valued and that lying, cheating, and bias are not constructive.
A Foreigner Asks To Play
Alf decided to help me by finding players. Alf is 9 hours away from me. Alf is as welcome as a headcold but he consistently ‘wins’. He sent me an application from a prospective player. I wrote a nicely worded letter of invitation. He said he wasn’t nor ever had been interested in my game […]