I consider it “short-term positive but long-term negative”. Using it occasionally is nice just like having a drink. If you do it every day however, it will bite you eventually.
Like any fiction, roleplay requires some suspension of disbelief from the players. If they become aware of the quantum ogres it breaks that and ruins the fun.
It hate it when computer games advertised something like “8 different endings!” Eight endings means there are only three meaningful yes-no decisions to make. All the other thousands of tiny decisions I make in the game will have no impact on the story. They only determine if I make progress or get stuck or maybe the order of scenes. The beauty of (sandbox) ttrpgs is that every small decision can actually matter.
I hope Lemmy will become this. Here is my strategy:
Electric Bastionland is weird fantasy in an age where they just invented electricity. Very simple rules.
By mindset I assume stuff like “don’t be too attached to your character because death is likely” and “GM is impartial referee and must never fudge a roll”.
What do you mean by “OSR”? Not just asking what the acronym means, but what does OSR mean to you? E.g. only D&D versions older than 20 years? What about Traveller (SciFi, not D&D compatible)?
Ironsworn: Delve free today. Ironsworn itself is practically free anyways. This is the dungeon crawling extension.
Impossible Identity offers some free copies today. I don’t know the game though.
Dungeon World hacks like Chasing Adventure.
I love the PbtA-style of collaborative worldbuilding where players can be more creative.
I heard the rule of thumb that there should be some art on every forth page. On every second page spread, in other words.
Some games require more buttons than one of the included controllers (joycon) provide. So with the included ones that would make the game single player only. As a rule of thumb, any game where you can move in 3D requires both joycons.
Mario Kart is great. It can entertain for a long time if they like racing. The two joycons are sufficient for two players.
Here is the list of the best Switch games in general. Maybe something catches your fancy?
PbtA needs more love in the Fediverse, so a hearty welcome to the Dungeon World people especially!
I like that. Death to Elminster!
I want to play King Nothing. It is a Lady Blackbird hack which is more directly inspired by Lord of the Ring.
I also think Reddit is far from dead. The blackout will end and then Reddit still has many more users and thus much more content. That pull back people after a while.
I just hope this boost for the Fediverse brought it to a sustainable level until the next Reddit scandal. Maybe the IPO or whatever.
There is also [email protected]
Not currently. I played Cairn and Mausritter with my kids and with adults. They are great.
Playing Beyond the Wall currently and I don’t feel like the additional complexity there is adding to the fun.
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That is Jason Cordova wrote at least.