Because it’s easier to throw the latest Monster of the Week at players than it is to craft NPCs and relationships such that there is compelling drama. Combat is easy. Drama is hard.

That’s really weird to me.

If I’m playing a board game (like Xiangqi/Chinese Chess) what’s cool is when I spot an opportunity and exploit it. This is playing according to the rules of the game.

If I’m playing a card game (like Fight the Landlord) what’s cool is when I assemble a good combination of cards that drains my hand with inexorable play. Or when I find just the right timing to interfere with someone else draining their cards. Again this is playing according to the rules of the game.

In sportball, presumably when the audience is going wild at a cool play by some player they’re playing according to the rules of the game. (I can’t attest yeah or nay to this because sportball isn’t my vibe.) Is this not cool? (I’ll let sportball fans answer here.)

So why would RPGs be the exception to this? Why do you have to break the rules of play to do cool things?

That’s really weird to me.

It hinges on whether Canadians will continue to tolerate Americans in general or not.

Signs point to “no”, if prevailing trends are anything to go by.

Why don’t you stay in your homeland and fix the problem you had a hand in creating instead of exporting it?

The fact you’re using “fee fees” unironically says enough about you that I’m pretty sure that Canadians don’t want you. We have enough assholes, thank you very much.

I still have no idea. “I critically succeed.” How? Why? With what?

There’s a reason why rule books are larger than half a page of A4. I genuinely have no clue how this works even with an example. Because there’s no explanation.

Your example needs to be “explain like I’m five”-grade. YOU know how this works. WE don’t.

I’m going to have to see an example of play that highlights the various subsystems here. I can’t make heads or tails of how to use this as-is.

Oh, God. Freeze Peach has reached the UK.

And here you come SO FUCKING CLOSE … and still fumble the ball. Tsk. Tsk.

Removed by mod

(Hint: Check your assumptions. And while you’re at it check the thread history.)

I’m pretty sure that any murder is a death sentence.

(Hint: check your assumptions.)

Yes it is, actually.

I hate you so much right now.

Optionally, since the plastic cover is so good at holding things in place, you can get two A3-sized or four A4-sized grid maps which is easier to find and far cheaper than an A2-sized one would be. That way you’re only paying the price for a single A2-sized sheet of plastic cover.

Get an A2-sized paper grid map (FAR cheaper than laminated) and then get an A2-size piece of that plastic sheeting they use in cheap restaurants to protect the tablecloth (about 1.5mm thick transparent, soft plastic).

That’s what I use (well, mine are bespoke to fit my table) and not only does it give me RPG-related grid map capabilities, it’s also good for holding board game boards and displays in place, protecting them from drinks and food stains, while giving a surface that you can write on and that gives good grip for playing pieces.

Ouch! That hurts!

I know. That’s why I was so touched!

It’s a bit lame tbh

Why thank you! 😀

A modern day police procedural, likely using either CORPS (if I want crunch) or FATE (if I want drama). Think something like Law & Order without the fascist apologia (but WITH Jerry Orbach!) expanded a bit to include peripheral characters including the criminals, the families of both sides, etc.

And then the world ends.

Well, not quite ends, but there’s a rather sudden drop in the standard of living as the half of the world facing the sun gets burned to a crisp, in effect, while the ensuing massive wave of fire and plasma scorches most of what is left. Only very small portions of the world survive (and that only barely). Nobody IC will know how or why it happened (I naturally will—it’s one of the scenarios taken from CORPS Apocalypse) but when it does, the characters will have to face living in a world where most of humanity is dead, the trappings of civilization are gone (most important of those being the supply chains that keep cities alive!) and all that’s left are the buildings and a rapidly-dwindling supply of essentials.

I tried doing this once when some players were saying they wanted a campaign that would surprise them. And surprise them it did, but apparently this was not the kind of surprise they were looking for. I want to try it again with players who will be strongly warned in advance that the campaign will go completely off the rails and change genre after a few sessions of play establishes their characters, their personalities, their relationships, etc.

OK, I’m not understanding a word of this.

• Black & White print costs in the US will increase significantly
• Standard Color print costs will increase, by roughly 12-13% for US printing
• On the whole, Premium Color print costs will decrease slightly for US printing

OK, so print costs will increase, but print costs will decrease for the US. Clear as mud. Maybe the example will help:

• A 180-page large premium hardcover currently costs $32.10 to print in the US; after April 1, that same title will drop to $27.80.

Nope. Gets even more confusing.

Did nobody copy edit this? Or is a nearly 15% drop “slight” in USAnian?