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by coil23

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As I get older, my threshold for calling it quits on something gets lower. I especially notice this with reading. I used to make myself get at least 100 pages in before making a call on something questionable. If I keep finding myself bored/unengaged, if my attention keeps wandering, if I find annoyances that stick with me, those are signs it may be time to quit. I have also gotten increasingly ruthless in vetting what books I will even try.

I used to lean toward wanting to give things a chance but my time has become more precious to me. There are more fantastic things out there in the world than I could ever get to in my lifetime. It is ok to miss out on some stuff because I already have a steady diet of wonderful right in front of me.

P.S. I have also found that serendipity and caprice have brought new things to my attention again and again. So being somewhat a curmudgeon in trying new things doesn’t really close me off to the new as might be expected.

by pdzoch

QOTD NOV 5: Have you ever played an adventure that starred the transition from one genre to another? Would you consider doing it, or would you rather play another game in the target genre?

by pdzoch

A question suggested by [user=Karkared][/user]


Have you ever played an adventure that starred the transition from one genre to another (ie magic awakening in a modern world, the moment when conquest of space becomes a mature space setting, the very day a post-apocalyptic world is born)? Would you consider doing it, or would you rather play another game in the target genre?



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Interesting arguments about PnP ! I had done various attempts over time to only modest success, I'd say.

What could make it easier or more difficult:
-Low ink is important. Not using a lot of color where not needed for game-information. No filled backgrounds etc. One color of ink a little missing in some print lines can make images look really, suprarealistically WEIRD. (and that can happen if needing to print more pages in quick succession - after some waiting, capillarity restores some balance). Ink(s) missing more needs refilling with syringe which is MESSY, including to the sink(!). Official ink cartridges are here out of range expensive for PnP.
-Making directly shuffleable cards has been always impossible for me, but proxies on basic paper sleeved together with excess CCG cards goes reasonably well. Cutting the edges I can do well enough with a paper guillotine. Edge markings are important for that. Sizes being standard is important (like 63.5 x 88 = Magic-size is the most common).
-Making 2-sided chits (like in my favorite wargames) is again doable, but even more laborious. My former process glued printed paper on both sides of cardboard, press and let it dry, then cut with the same guillotine (more laborious -more, smaller pieces and more force needed).
-Even harder: 2-sided (or 1-sided needing to keep it secret) chits intended to be pulled from a cup as randomizers-with-memory. Say like the trading goods in The Castles of Burgundy. While it can be a great design mechanic, my gluing process bleeds a little glue around the edges, so if keeping resulting chits in baggies they will stick unpredictably, sometimes peeling some paper with it - so destroying the uniformity to keep secrets (while seeing only the backs which are not as uniform as needed for that purpose).

by Ugavine

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Had a sit down with the players last night and they have actually opted for the alternate universe campaign we toyed with a while back based off the events from a game of Star Wars: Rebellion

The premise is that the events of A New Hope go differently. When Leia is captured Vader realises who she is and turns her to the Dark Side, revealing the location of the Rebel Base, which is on Nal Hutta, the Hutt homeworld. The Death Star promptly arrives and blows up Nal Hutta. Alliance High Command are wiped out, but the remaining Hutts are furious and call for all out war against the Empire.

So C-3P0 and R2-D2 never contacted Luke & Obi-Wan, Han never joined the Rebellion.
Alderaan was not destroyed, Bail Organa is still alive, but are primary targets.
The Emperor has always controlled the Underworld via Black Sun, but that grip is gone meaning Imperial occupation forces are extremely stretched.
Grand Moff Tarkin is still alive, though the Emperor may not be happy with him triggering a war with the Hutts.
The Empire have also finished construction of a second Death Star.

And amongst all this the PCs are free traders trying to make a living.
Though I am going to put it to them to see if one of them wants to play Luke Skywalker.