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New comment on Item for GeekList "PAX Unplugged 2026 - RPG Freeplay: Community Game Scheduler"
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:53:08
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:53:08
New comment on Item for GeekList "PAX Unplugged 2026 - RPG Freeplay: Community Game Scheduler"
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:52:00
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:52:00
Reply: Play by Forum:: Re: Traveller TNE (The New Era)
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:45:20
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:45:20
by belfrybat
Possible ship names: Standard Deviation, perhaps? Or Left in the Wake, Left for short?
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "2026 soggy challenges"
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:39:53
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:39:53
by soggymuse
An item GeekList: 2026 Autumn/ Spring Mushroom Challenge has been added to the geeklist 2026 soggy challenges/pic2631576.png)
Reply: Free League Publishing:: General:: Re: Free League announcements from Spelkongress 26
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:01:14
The few Hanrahan campaigns I've run have all been great so I'm looking forward to this. I really like the look of Coriolis the Great Dark, but a read-through of the Flowers of Algorab campaign it launched with just didn't grab me at all.
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 12:01:14
Serpentine_C wrote:
I'm really interested in seeing how the Across the Abyss campaign turns out. I have not yet run nor played a Hanrahan joint, but his name keeps popping up with accolades.
The few Hanrahan campaigns I've run have all been great so I'm looking forward to this. I really like the look of Coriolis the Great Dark, but a read-through of the Flowers of Algorab campaign it launched with just didn't grab me at all.
Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 27: What do you do when your character's most logical action would make the game less enjoyable for everyone else?
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:58:07
More or less this. When I did this as a player my first time playing D&D, my GM just “are you sure”d me and, when I asked, explained what the issue would be and I chose something else. (We’d done character creation alone for a one shot and I ended up with someone who really shouldn’t have been in the party. We made it work, in large part because people understood I was just new and not trying to be a jerk, so there was enough out of character guidance to fix it.)
As a GM/other authority figure, I’ve struggled with this. I think I’ve told the story before about playing TimeWatch, a game about time traveling detectives, and one player just wanting to go to the future and find a library and do research every time. We also played a game of Kingdom (1st & 2nd Ed.) once where a different player always wanted to try to find a third option to the dilemmas that would have no downside, even after I pointed out that hard choices are The Whole Game. I’m still not super experienced so maybe it’ll just come with time.
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:58:07
by VolcanoLotus
shiva666 wrote:
That's where open gaming shines brightest.
Separate players from characters.
Player I'm going to do this thing what do you guy's think?
OthersIt will ruin our game.
Player but my character would do it.
Others He would fear consequences and retaliation.
Player just kidding (comes up with a couple other paths the character could/would/should take)
Players feel, characters are figments...
Cooperation is necessary to my gaming. More so for PVP.
Separate players from characters.
Player I'm going to do this thing what do you guy's think?
OthersIt will ruin our game.
Player but my character would do it.
Others He would fear consequences and retaliation.
Player just kidding (comes up with a couple other paths the character could/would/should take)
Players feel, characters are figments...
Cooperation is necessary to my gaming. More so for PVP.
More or less this. When I did this as a player my first time playing D&D, my GM just “are you sure”d me and, when I asked, explained what the issue would be and I chose something else. (We’d done character creation alone for a one shot and I ended up with someone who really shouldn’t have been in the party. We made it work, in large part because people understood I was just new and not trying to be a jerk, so there was enough out of character guidance to fix it.)
As a GM/other authority figure, I’ve struggled with this. I think I’ve told the story before about playing TimeWatch, a game about time traveling detectives, and one player just wanting to go to the future and find a library and do research every time. We also played a game of Kingdom (1st & 2nd Ed.) once where a different player always wanted to try to find a third option to the dilemmas that would have no downside, even after I pointed out that hard choices are The Whole Game. I’m still not super experienced so maybe it’ll just come with time.
New comment on GeekList Another Australian interstate auction!
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:52:15
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:52:15
Ooooh, another auction. Ahh you got me. Great selection of things. 😀
New comment on GeekList PAX Unplugged 2026 Virtual Game Market
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:51:19
They also will allow a wagon to be checked for the same cost, I have checked a wagon (with our coats stuffed in) in the past for hauling my game purchases back to the hotel post-flea market.
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:51:19
by light_aura
SirKittsalot wrote:
Yes 100%, makes it way more convenient to get ready for the actual meetup.
They also will allow a wagon to be checked for the same cost, I have checked a wagon (with our coats stuffed in) in the past for hauling my game purchases back to the hotel post-flea market.
New comment on GeekList 2026 Halloween Hijinks! Year 9 of the spooky geeklist! Add your Halloween plays
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:45:16
Couldn't find this one in the BGG database. Do you have the exact title? I'm curious to know what it's about.
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:45:16
by wkover
Moonlight_Fox wrote:
Kind of surprised Thousand Year Old Vampire hasn't made the list yet...
Couldn't find this one in the BGG database. Do you have the exact title? I'm curious to know what it's about.
GeekList Item: Item for GeekList "The Australian Trade and Sale Meta-List"
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:43:40
Posted: Wed, 28 Oct 11:43:40
An item GeekList:
Another Australian interstate auction!
has been added to the geeklist
The Australian Trade and Sale Meta-List
