SpandexAndy

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[SpandexAndy @SpandexAndy]

@symatt Yes, definitely. It works great for character driven stories, like Vampire. It allows you to explore stories that otherwise can’t, like a commander of an army or archmage. I believe it is not so good for action stories.

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@DroidAvoid Good idea 😀

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The tables in Worlds Without Number are so goooooood. Reliable. I turned to them to create a city-state in my homebrew sword and sorcery world. Now I have a city, ruled by a junta who overthrew a princess, but have now themselves splintered into 3 factions. Story hooks galore!

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It's been 3 years since I last played Forbidden Lands. I'm pleased to see errata have fixed a lot of things and I'm excited to start a new campaign this weekend. I've been largely out of GMing for 6 months now due to emigration. Back in the saddle!

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Finished a short 13th Age campaign set in Eberron. PCs were secret agents working for the Dark Lanterns. What a fun game! We wrapped it up after 5 sessions because 13th Age's pacing did not really work for an episodic campaign where each session is a new mission.

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I don't think Dragonlance is good. It was the first D&D campaign I played in the 1990s, and yet even nostalgia isn't working on me.

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Starting a new campaign this week. 13th Age set in Eberron. PCs are secret government agents. It's going to be Mission Impossible with magical gadgets, incredible locations.

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EZD6 one shot was a big success. I'll happily offer to run a campaign with this. The karma metacurrency is fun and makes players decide, "should I spend it and be awesome, or save it in case I need it" many times. Monsters are easy and play is very fast.

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I'm running EZD6 tonight. I have made some pregens and we will head into a swampy cult temple.

[SpandexAndy @SpandexAndy]

The first session of Root was really fun. Honestly the plot was pretty much the same as any D&D story, but felt +1 awesome because we were woodland creatures with swords. I don't have a lot of PBTA experience, and I should play it more.

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@symatt Titanfall? A military space rpg. With mechs and vehicles, lots of guns. There is overlap with the Apex Legends video game also, which is set in the same universe.

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@ThatGamerAjax Ironsworn. And then the GM can play also, with a plot that will kinda self-generate as we play.

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I'm going to be playing Roots tomorrow. The pbta game of woodland animal heroes. I'm imagining a young fox with reckless ambition. And a green Robin Hood cap.

[SpandexAndy @SpandexAndy]

I bought EZD6 rpg yesterday. This looks a lot of fun! Rules lite, fast play. I’m keen to run it, using some old school adventure. The game has no progression, so no scaling power. You can face a dragon in session 1. Of course, you’d likely die.

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My new rpg group imploded due to player cat fight. It lasted 2 sessions.

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@StrahdVonZ Friend introduced the game, D&D Red Box. We bumbled through it together and learned as we played. The game included a choose-your-own-adventure tutorial booklet.

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I have never played Pathfinder. This is a shameful gap in my gaming resume.

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New Starforged campaign. The PCs are (1) an anarchist livestreamer who does crime (2) a cybernetic merc with a symbiote (3) a space pirate out to get even. Session 1 was brutal, starting with PCs in police custody being transported by skycar. Their escape has not gone well.

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@symatt Earthdawn!

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I am starting a new Starforged campaign this week. I’m going for a cyberpunk vibe, with less planet hopping than usual. There is a Cybersworn hack which seems to have some good ideas. Eg replace the starship with a safehouse, and add a Heat mechanic.