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    When do you like classes?

    3rd and 4th year undergrad classes were by far the most interesting, though grad school and earlier undergrad were okay, and some of high school... oh, those classes. My preference is point-buy, for the increased flexibility, but I'm okay with them in 5e where there are generally a range of...
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    Review of After the Vampire Wars

    Good review, and the game itself sounds very interesting. I don't need another system... I can't afford another system... no time to run/play another system... but that doesn't mean I don't want more RPGs!
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    So, Vampire: The Masquerade 5E preorders are here

    I was objecting to the idea RPing in character is distinctly LARP-ish. It's like "when you LARP, have the players name their characters, almost like you're playing the tabletop version." But it's just a line in an early playtest doc. I hope the final result is a lot more polished, as befits...
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    So, Vampire: The Masquerade 5E preorders are here

    I'm interested but skeptical. The later more so after I read the playtest docs. ???!??? That sort of statement makes me wonder whether anyone involved has ever played a tabletop RPG (or whether the experienced people linked to the game are paying enough attention). I'm pretty happy with...
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    New World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness General Discussion

    I like Requiem 2e quite a bit. They completely changed Predator's Taint, removed emotional deadness. Strix are easily left out, though I kept them in for my Roman campaign. I also really like what they've done with the Disciplines - they're cooler and more powerful. I've always been a fan of...
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    Best April Fool's Jokes

    I'm still mad there are no Tauren Space Marines in Starcraft II! April 1st: the one day of the year people treat what they read or hear with appropriate skepticism.
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    How I run D&D James Bond in Eberron

    I was already interested in Eberron, but this sort of game sounds like a lot of fun.
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    (World of Darkness) What Would You Do?

    Here's a vamp-centric approach. I don't know enough about most of the other lines to comment. I'd go the opposite direction from White Wolf's talk of one World of Darkness. Many worlds! Use the mechanics to craft multiple settings. Write multiple books for sufficiently popular settings...
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    Matt Colville and Strongholds & Streaming

    I still prefer forums and email to social media; I prefer written content to audio-visual or audio; I may be a luddite. But more popular doesn't always mean better; at most, it means better for most people. I've enjoyed most of Colville's videos. I don't have the attention span for live...
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    Do your eyes glaze over at the details other people's fantasy settings?

    A lot of it is presentation. It can be interesting to read about settings. I'd like to think I could write up a setting of my own in an interesting way. But trying to give a lot of detail just off the top of my head? That's not going to go well whether it's my setting, or a published one...
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    Matt Colville and Strongholds & Streaming

    I'm not generally into streaming (I also don't much like watching people play sports) but I like his channel, and I definitely like the idea of building strongholds and getting real benefits from that. I've not backed the kickstarter (money is tight atm) but one of my friends did and is going...
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    Session 0: good or bad or whatever?

    Yes. I think this can help a lot. What looks good on the page can feel different in play. This also makes sense. In some cases it might mean letting the old character become a NPC, if they've become plot-critical in a way not easily transferred right away to another character.
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    Session 0: good or bad or whatever?

    I like it as a concept but not necessarily, or usually, as a distinct session. The only time we spend a session is when the system is entirely new to most of us. Otherwise we sort of discuss upcoming games at/after RP sessions for the current game, and a bit more online.
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    RPG Youtube Channels that Don't Suck

    In general, I bemoan the decrease in quality written material in favor of youtube. But Colville's stuff is mostly pretty good. I would love to find a high quality channel that covers more of a variety.
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    What IP/games would you like to see?

    I have never played Pendragon. I should fix that! Sadly I do not own the game and given the existing wishlist of stuff to play, my group has an opening for a new game/system in... let me consult this schedule doc nobody but me ever even looks at... April 2349.
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