Jared, Helma, Tazio, and I began making our characters after we "volunteered" Ross to be GM by stepping back simultaneously more quickly than he did. Then we met to finish them, e.g., mutating them by drawing cards, and to clarify any questions.
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Posted by: Ron Edwards
12 Feb 2021
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This conversation runs parallel to the recent post-play conversation among the participants of my Lamentations of the Flame Princess game. Jon wanted to discuss similar things in terms of his own decisions about titles to play, so we took some time for that.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
14 Aug 2020
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Zac has not retreated from his call that IIEE (intent, initiation, execution, effect) is the "beating heart of the activity," and Manu - the very soul who prompted this discussion at the Forge fifteen years ago - is still on task. Armed with these stalwarts, we embark upon another Monday Lab to investigate best practices.
Zac began it with this message:
Posted by: Ron Edwards
13 Dec 2019
Games: Dungeons and Dragons Holmes 1977, Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition, Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, Street Fighter, 7th Sea, Call of Cthulhu, Gloomhaven, Star Wars, Sun and Storm, Apocalypse World, Warhammer, Sorcerer, The Clay That Woke, The Riddle of Steel
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One of my first major video play projects for this site was an extravagant foray into Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition, using a focused playset I'd built in face-to-face play a couple of years before that. I called it "Barbaric Psychedelic Cosmic Cataclysmic Fore Ee," and you can see the sheet I made for it attached below.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
27 Feb 2019
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Dustin was intrigued by my statements in our first consulting session about character improvement, as well as being suspicious that I would start maundering about relationships as reward enough. I was able to surprise him a little, and the discussion was able to expand quite sensibly into his more general design regarding character death.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
01 Dec 2018
Games: Heroic Dark, Trollbabe, The Shadow of Yesterday, Zero, The Mountain Witch, Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition
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Here, hop into this handbasket with me. We’re goin’ for a ride!
It’s part of “Finding D&D,” focusing this time on fundamentalist belief and practice, including but not limited to the OSR. I thought about waiting until part 4 was done, as these two parts only make full sense relative to one another. But whatever; it’s a draft, and I might as well start collecting “what about” and “you forgot [some damn thing]” now.
Posted by: Ron Edwards
16 Mar 2018
Games: Dungeons and Dragons 1974, Dungeons and Dragons Holmes 1977, Dungeons and Dragons Moldvay 1980, Dungeons and Dragons Mentzer 1985, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Second Edition, Rules Cyclopedia, Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition, Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, The Black Hack, The White Hack, Blueholme, Renegade, Dwimmermount, Adventurer Conqueror King, Mazes and Perils, Adventures Dark and Deep, Delving Deeper, For Gold and Glory, Swords and Wizardry, Spellcraft and Swordplay, Hackmaster, Demon’s Lair, Dawnfire, Deathstalkers, Undiscovered, Fantasy Earth, Forge: Out of Chaos, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Castles and Crusades, Monsters and Minions, Carcosa, Dark Dungeons RPG, Basic Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord
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