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  • Solar punk TTRPG?

  • I've played Eco Mofos, it was interesting. Leans heavily on the punk part. The system is OK to good. Gets in your way sometimes, but it might have been everyone's inexperience with it.

  • Hi Threadiverse! I'm making a set of Pixelart Icons for fedi/foss apps

  • So cool! Maybe Sharkey? And Bookwyrm.

  • GURPS on Bundle of Holding. Lots of GURPS

  • I mean the way it got truncated makes it clickbaity.

  • GMs, how do you approach learning a new system from scratch?

  • The point is not that crunchy simulation is undesirable, but that every simulation model is an exercise in where to draw the line in what accuracy you're losing to keep your goals achievable. OP has expressed the crunch is too much for them. "It's okay to draw the line further away from accuracy" was the core message I was trying to convey.

  • GMs, how do you approach learning a new system from scratch?

  • I don’t necessarily want to jettison this level of crunch, as I think it’s integral to the tone the system is designed around, but fuck me if it isn’t a lot to keep track of

    Allow me to disagree with the highlighted statement. A mistake old school game designers used to make is to try and reflect every fluff detail in the rules. You don't have to differentiate an assault rifle in full auto from an SMG and in most cases, even an HMG. If you go down this route, you will need to account environmental factors, fatigue, time of day... which are also big influencers. But we don't, because that's what randomizers are for. Just bundle the difference in the randomizers.

    You'll say, correctly, "getting hit by a .50 cal is a world of difference compared to a 9mm". That's true. That's fiction and setting, though. It doesn't have to be reflected in the rules of simulating shooting the things in a game.

    My advice would be to do exactly what you proposed not to: chuck the entire system. Use a generic system instead. Whatever you're most familiar with: Cortex, Savage Worlds, Fate, GURPS...

    What is your story about? If it is about handling the gear, then perhaps (perhaps!) keep the OG system. If it's about anything else - a shared overarching plot you'll write with the players; about how the characters react and evolve to their surroundings; about interpersonal drama; base building, you name it - use a different system.

    Of the ones I listed, Savage Worlds is easily reskinned, Fate is easily tweaked, Cortex is a toolbox to get your game moving fast just the way you want it to feel, and GURPS probably already has a module for you to use. If you want to bounce ideas with other people adapting to Fate and Cortex, they both have very active Discord communities (I know, information silo, but that's where the authors hang out). Good luck!

    P.S.: I just remembered Cepheus has the acclaimed Modern War from Zozer Games. I have played their Hostile (Alien universe RPG) and the ruleset is essentially the same. There is some crunch, but easier than D20: https://www.zozergames.com/modern-war.html

    It looks like it and Delta Green lead sales on military RPGs: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?genre=320-military

  • GURPS on Bundle of Holding. Lots of GURPS

  • First line becomes the title, so keep that in mind. Your title looks atrociously clickbaity now ("Bundle of Holding are currently not offering one, not offering two, not even offering three"), which might explain the downvote I see.

  • Folk Tale Metafiction for Fantasy TTRPG settings?

  • Short: yes, it would sell. Do it!

    Long: This is the format found in the then very popular "Volo's guide to..." AD&D sourcebooks. They were prefaced and annotated here and there by Elminster, the scholar mage extraordinaire of the setting. The idea was that this Marco Volo character documented tales of places, creatures, magicks, etc. not only without rigor, but prone to exaggerations, inaccuracies, and outright fabrications. Like fake travelogues of the 19th century, just looking for a quick buck from naive readers.

    It was popular for a few reasons:

    • very well written, fun to read
    • delicious, flavorful prose that added color to the world along with data
    • establishes an unreliable narrator, which encouraged GM's to deviate freely from written lore

  • Inktober52, Prompt 2026_30, "Wagon"

  • Way to raise the bar!

  • Agora, falando sério, por que dizem que RPG é coisa de nerd? Da onde saiu essa fama?

  • É um jogo "parado". Xadrez, etc., sempre foram considerados esportes de nerd. Só uma extensão do conceito.

  • Publishing my personal VTT open source and aGPL licensed

  • [Meta] Is there a sci-fi art community across the Fediverse?

  • They are very strict on what sort of content goes there, though.

  • Did Traveller have its own Usenet and/or Echomail groups back in the day?

  • I guess Citizens of the Imperium is the spiritual successor to whatever communities existed before.

  • Looking for an online way for GMs to propose face-to-face games.

  • What are your biggest GM regrets?

  • They were MY dashes much earlier than the usurper's.

  • What RPG rules would you use for Brancalonia instead of D&D?

  • Cortex Prime. Extremely hackable, nearly impossible to break. Powerful to reinforce flavor with mechanics (which is what I think you're going after). Simple mechanics (if you don't go ham with the Mods).

  • Rules-light TTRPG for 8-12 players (including GM)

  • Also might want to consider having 2 referees. The party will split, and this would keep things moving.

  • Rules-light TTRPG for 8-12 players (including GM)

  • Mark of the Odd games (Into the Odd, Mausritter, Into the Bronze, etc.). Extremely fast character creation, the rules so light they're almost not there, very few rolls, very deadly rolls.

  • Sigourney Weaver and the Alien Queen during filming of Aliens (1986)

  • They were buddies with benefits. You don't just casually grab your buddy's boob like that.

  • From their blog — Paizo Restructuring: A Difficult Update About Our Future

  • The justice system screwing small companies to protect bankers yet again.

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    An actual post-apocalyptic vehicle

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    An actual post-apocalyptic vehicle

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    CoC Character Figures, 1981 by Lisa A. Free

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    Stephen Fabian's alien landscapes

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    Two Hostile RPG Bundles!

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    Quantum Dark and other titles at cosmic horror sale

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    Largest "Small Craft" in Traveller

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    Faster Than Light: Nomad SRD

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    Terran Trade Authority: Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD by Stewart Cowley

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    Freebies, Sales, and Charity Bundles for July 13, 2025

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    The GameMaster's Apprentice 2e: Post-Apocalypse Deck

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    Game report: GM-less Traveller