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J P | May 18, 2010
A side note first: as my cousin pointed out to me when I told him I prefer bell curve, D20 and single die systems have more variability which should make for more cinematic scenes, overall, which is the game style I tend to prefer, and while I can logically see that, I’m not a fan [...]
J P | May 17, 2010
D20. Is this another hatchet job? Yes. Why? Because I can. Because it’s true. Because I’m playing in two play-by-post AD&D 3.5 games right now on what I call “The Mormon Forums”, actually International Discussions RPG/Member Wars section, and my half-orc rogue just lost all 6 HP in two turns and went down, in one [...]
J P | February 20, 2010
Well, it’s February of 2010 now, and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition has been out since about November of 2009, so roughly three to four months – so how has it been received? Rodney Thompson, an actual game designer over at WFRP’s (and everyone else’s) main competitor for dominant fantasy RPG, Wizards of the Coast [...]
J P | December 8, 2009
I hate modern-day D20, 3.0+. I make no apologies, and I make no claims about trying to like it but not being able to. I’ve had my encounters with it, and I failed my Morale Check or Save vs. Shitty Systems or something. I have to qualify my D20 “hate” a little or else I’ll [...]
J P | December 5, 2009
Dan Bayn’s Wushu roleplaying game is an extremely fast, “rules-lite” martial arts action movie type game that relies on quick narration and thinking, rewarding creativity and exciting detail and color, instead of penalizing, making the more off-the-wall “stunts” MORE likely to succeed. If I had to sum up Wushu in one example, it would be: [...]
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