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Hot take: Strongest creatures in the setting shouldn't just be clowned by PCs with no resistance.
  • Old. Funny but repeated too often. I don't like DnD but even if they once gave stats to Cthulhu, I wouldn't name a game to be better. Why one? On which criteria?

    Also: I like World of Darkness. I have Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Changelin, and many add ons. But let's be honest (and troll a bit): Vampire the Masquerade is just a simulation of puberty. The system, when it was released, was awesome but it is way to crunchy for today's standards.

    If one should bash DnD, then do it with style with modern games: Blades in the Dark, Fate, Dungeon World, Ironsworn,... whatever from this century.

  • Anubis is awesome! Stopping (AI)crawlbots
  • There's another challenge available, without javascript.

  • Meetings? Pssh
  • I like Hope is Not a Plan but it is a bit depressing. I would like something to release the pressure of work. Something in the mood of Eat the Reich or Blades in the Dark/CBR+PNK. But I couldn't find a good game. Corp Borg has been a bit disappointing.

  • Meetings? Pssh
  • It is the same thing. In our case it's not attached to the seniority. The person ending their shifts replays its incident when there has been one, with the person who is taking the pager after them. We are deeper in the infrastructure so we don't have customers but we roleplay stakeholders (lead/head, principals, developer). My favorite is the person who has experienced something wrong but it is only this person and bad luck :P

  • Meetings? Pssh
  • I don't like the concept of wargames. We don't need war to do this, nor conflict.

    I see this more as an astronaut training: it has to be a solution, at least in the mind of the person proposing the situation. It also cultivates a spirit to always search for a way out of the invident.

    One rule we adopted is that when the responder doesn't know, they have to say it. Once it said, they need to say outloud what do they search. Then the focus shifts to the audience, they have to find 3 different ways to respond to what the responder is searching (to know or to do). It is hard and so far it balances well the dynamic (it is OK to not know, it is important to recognise we don't know, and it is funny to share how we can hack our way through the system (the 3rd way is pretty hard and is in general a hack)).

    I now realize that perhaps I could write a blog post on this.

    For links, see my response to the other comment.

  • Meetings? Pssh
  • In my domain (IT, with On-Call), there's a practice called "Wheel of Misfortunes" or "Game hour". This is in fact a short TTRPG session to simulate incident. This works very well. I am a paid DM 1h per week for my colleagues :)

  • Daggerheart: I expected another Dungeons and Dragons, but found something much, much better
  • Play your character like a stolen car.

    It's even in the rules.

  • Daggerheart: I expected another Dungeons and Dragons, but found something much, much better
  • Look also to one heir of PbtA: Blades in the Dark.I'm biaised, I like mist of this game (including Deep Cut).

  • From Docker with Ansible to k3s: I don't get it...
  • I would add that you can run kubectl apply on directories and/or have multiple yaml structure in the same taml file (separated with ---, it's a yaml standard).

  • A lesson so many need to learn
  • Stop replacing TTRPG by DnD and I would be fine 😜

  • kraken monster
  • And what if the DM is a woman?

  • Android Password Store is back on F-Droid
  • I don't have any experience with bitwarden. The question is what do you want.

    I like pass because I can host my password with git, a decentralised storage. I have to manage the key myself.

  • Occam's 9mm
  • The sorcerer is named Charles le Sorcier (Charles the Sorcerer) and it is his father who has been killed, named Michel Mauvais, Michel Bad.

  • Where do you play virtual games?
  • Please stay and voice this point of view. Itis needed for the medium to reach a healthy level.

  • Where do you play virtual games?
  • It means the bare is lower than before and some people out of this group can find interest and access the platform. This is very good. Let's welcome them.

  • Where do you play virtual games?
  • Gatekeeping logic? Strange in a place like this...

  • SOLO BORG: Play MÖRK BORG on your own

    I am undecided about this universe. I like the tone, the concept (the world will end soon) but I find the system heavy.

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    docs.google.com Blades '68 Playtest Signup

    Thank you for your interest in playtesting Blades '68. Please read over these principles and, if you agree with them, fill out the information at the bottom and submit! Signups close April 5, 2025

    Blades '68 Playtest Signup

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.8th.world/post/197338

    > A presentation of Blades' 68 if needed.

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    docs.google.com Blades '68 Playtest Signup

    Thank you for your interest in playtesting Blades '68. Please read over these principles and, if you agree with them, fill out the information at the bottom and submit! Signups close April 5, 2025

    Blades '68 Playtest Signup

    A presentation of Blades' 68 if needed.

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    www.geeknative.com HELLGREEN: A solo TTRPG with free demo

    Naples-based artist and game designer Novecento Manfredi has hit crowdfunding targets for Hellgreen.

    HELLGREEN: A solo TTRPG with free demo

    A kickstarter with a free demo.

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    The Domestic - Rivers of London RPG Solo

    A free extract from the official core book of the RPG:

    > The Domestic is an introductory scenario designed for one player, based on Ben Aaronovitch’s short story of the same name. Choose to play as a magic-wielding police officer, nurse, or social worker in a game set in the world of Ben Aaronovitch’s hugely successful Rivers of London series. > > Armed with this book, a pencil, and some roleplaying dice, you are ready to take on your first case for the Folly. No GM needed!

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    Which oracles deserve to be more reckoned?

    I am currently researching some oracles for new game. I know the Muses & Oracles but it's a French one. And I can't find the equivalent in English.

    So on a larger question: Which Oracle would you recommend?

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    The solo Thursday's Child

    This is a new add-on for Vaesen. Did anybody bought it already?

    I am really curious to know if this is the start of a recognition of a market niche of solo players.

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    DIY Random Tables website
    github.com GitHub - Cellophan/ttrpg-mate: An simple website to have TTRPG helpers at hand.

    An simple website to have TTRPG helpers at hand. Contribute to Cellophan/ttrpg-mate development by creating an account on GitHub.

    GitHub - Cellophan/ttrpg-mate: An simple website to have TTRPG helpers at hand.

    I put together some knowledge to write an how-to for creating and hosting a simple website to automate random table picking. For free.

    Demo website

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    Solo Game Master's Guide

    > Create immersive solo RPG experiences with this dedicated guide from the acclaimed host of the Geek Gamers YouTube channel. This long-awaited solo GM guide is a crash course in solo storytelling: a toolkit to help your solo sessions shine as brightly as hers do. > > Inside this 180-page full-colour royal-sized (15.6cm x 23.4cm) softcover book, you’ll discover: > > - System-neutral tricks for wondering “what happens next?” > - How to avoid the dreaded ‘yes/no’ dead end (and making oracles work for you) > - The biggest mistake most new GMs make… and what to do instead > - The 10 mindsets of a successful solo GM > - 70+ pages of essential random tables > - Step-by-step examples of soloing many popular rule sets including Achtung! Cthulhu, Scarlet Heroes, Index Card RPG, Mutant Crawl Classics, and the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game–along with the principles that make these sessions work.

    Available at modiphius.net

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    Entity

    > Prepare to embark on an epic hard Sci-Fi journey, one that transcends the boundaries of known space and delves into the mystery of a long-lost civilization. A chilling odyssey teetering on the edge of the unknown, an exploration of the extraterrestrial, and a testament to the indomitable spirit of discovery... brace yourself for an experience that's out of this world. “It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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