Results of https://itch.io/jam/1hp — and discussion of each (tabletop) game in no particular order. Operation Hard Case, by Paolo Jose Cruz. End of the Road, by Jack Shirai. Hit+Die, by Jason Tocci. The Forests of Faera, by Aaron Goss. The Minus Touch, by Craig Maloney. Arid Apocalypse, by Keldaran. Disposable Heroes, by Sandy Pug Games. My Identic…

Thanks for the mini rant about d20, @madadric, reminded me to get this one out there.Av Another Question

On hit points in D&D — where they came from, where they’re going, and how we feel about them.Av Another Question

Domain management games, and the continuation of our remote recording experiment.Av Adam Blinkinsop

A very special holiday question. So much D&D. Call of Cthulhu d20. Mouse Guard x Horatio Hornblower. Burning Wheel. Dungeon World.Av Adam Blinkinsop

In this episode: Risk Legacy We Didn't Playtest This At All: Legacy Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Seafall Charterstone First Martians Fable System Legacy of the Slayer Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 TorchbearerAv Adam Blinkinsop

In this episode: Torchbearer + Keep on the Borderlands (recorded session) Gauntlet D&D 3e, 5e Apocalypse World + 2e Dungeon World Blades in the Dark Microscope: Explorer Charterstone Future Sage: What was that game about toys that come alive each night? Monsterhearts + 2e Inheritance Twilight Struggle, 13 Days, 13 Minutes, Iron Curtain (Katie’s rev…

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In this episode: The Prussian kriegsspiel systems of the 1800s. Holland ’44: Operation Market-Garden digression. The way of GM-ing. My Life with Master. Caves of Chaos on Twitter. Le Vol de l’Aigle. Pub Battles: Brandywine. Subterfuge. Dreams in Darkness.Av Another Question

In this episode: Freebooting Venus Dungeon World DCC Burning Wheel Torchbearer Mouse Guard Tenra Bansho Zero (I’ll stop, I promise.)Av Another Question

In this episode: Best Friends Paranoia 2016 Amber Diceless Roleplaying Burning Wheel Dread Geas of Duke Vulku Dungeon Crawl Classics Traveller Rogue Trader Diaspora Fiasco The Quiet Year Torchbearer The Mountain WitchAv Another Question

In this episode: A tweet from Ben Wright Apocalypse World Train The Valedictorian’s Death Night Witches GNS OSR 8 Kinds of Fun Bartle’s Taxonomy Of Player Types Tenra Bansho Zero Advanced Squad Leader Combat Commander Towerfall Vim vs. Emacs 16 HP Dragon 99% Invisible Daniel Solis Innovation The X-card The Beast Microscope Oh, and “Today’s 10,000:”…

A small rant for #rpgtheoryJuly about game balance: (1/6) — Vincent Baker (@lumpleygames) July 25, 2017Av Another Question

#rpgtheoryJuly A vital shift in how I understood RPG design came when I stopped worrying about spotlight & started thinking about audience. — Grumpy Old Ep (@Epidiah) July 4, 2017Av Another Question

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Indie Game Reading Club‘s snarky #INDIEGAMEaDAY2016 question list below the fold. When were you last deprotagonized? What happened and how did you reassert your agency? What game created your most elaborate relationship map? How much of it did you actually use? What’s your favorite behavioral incentive? What’s your favorite perverse behavioral ince…

TODO: Write up Black Stars Rise: Lemonade Edition. Also, Prince Valiant should still be backable when this comes out. Adam’s #Threeforged games, in case you want to tear them apart: Forgeborn (1534) Life as it Was (1572) Bootleggers (1580)Av Another Question

End of season one! Straits of Anián is the blog Sage was referencing. Other games in the “Tags” list.Av Another Question

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In this episode: 13th Age Blades in the Dark Call of Cthulhu D&D Don’t Rest Your Head Dread Exalted Exile Fate Feng Shui Geiger Counter Lacuna Mage: The Awakening Undying Vampire: The Masquerade d20 ModernAv Another Question

In this episode: Apocalypse World: Dark Ages Sagas of the Icelanders Lamentations of the Flame Princess Apocalypse World Pendragon Dungeon World Burning Wheel Dungeons & DragonsAv Another Question

In this episode: Dungeons and Dragons Burning Wheel Marvel Superheroes Powers for Good Mutants and Masterminds Champions Microscope Dungeon World Apocalypse World Dungeon Crawl Classics Into the Odd Durance The Clay that Woke Dread World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade Inspectres Gurps Moldvay D&D Kagematsu With Great Power Sorcerer Polaris Hot…

In this episode: D&D (as always), inc. AD&D, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, and Moldvay. Paranoia Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Brothers Karamazov A Few Acres of Snow Mythotopia Advanced Squad Leader Operational Combat System (OCS) Apocalypse World Madden Pathfinder Dungeon World Lamentations of the Flame Princess Dominion Thunderstone Rummy Poker Fast Acti…

In this episode: AD&D Apocalypse World Burning Wheel Call of Cthulhu D&D 4e Dread Dungeon Crawl Classics Dungeon World Fate Heavy Rain Mass Effect Night Witches Paranoia Shadows of Mordor UndyingAv Another Question

In this episode: The Twilight Zone (NULL, Serling) D&D (NULL, Gygax and Arneson) Moldvay D&D (NULL, Moldvay) Star Wars (NULL, Lucas) Blade Runner (NULL, Scott) Neuromancer (NULL, Gibson) Shadowrun (NULL, Weisman et al) Snow Crash (NULL, Stephenson) Diamond Age (NULL, Stephenson) Hackers (NULL, Softley) Android: Netrunner (NULL, Garfield) Harry Pott…

In this episode: Apocalypse World Apocalypse World: Dark Ages Blades in the Dark Burning Wheel D&D Dungeon Crawl Classics Dungeon World Lamentations of the Flame Princess Monsterhearts Mouse Guard Questlandia Risk Legacy Undying Vampire: The MasqueradeAv Another Question

When all role-playing games are generic, none of them are.Av Another Question

In this episode: TWURPS Dune (unknown) En Garde! (Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, 1975) Dune: The Board Game (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, and Peter Olotka, 1979) Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium (Last Unicorn Games, 2000) Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG (CJ Carella, 2002) Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002) Dune: A Dream of Rain (Steve Medeiros, 2004) T…

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In this episode: Dungeons & Dragons (Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, 1974) Pendragon (Greg Stafford, 1985) Gurps (Steve Jackson, 1988) Amber Diceless Role Playing (Erick Wujcik, 1991) Civilization (Sid Meier, 1991) C°ntinuum: roleplaying in The Yet (Chris Adams, Dave Fooden, Barbara Manui, 1999) Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002) Mutants & Masterminds (Ste…

In which we discuss playing to your audience, delicious and piping hot rules in only three microwave minutes, hack Shakespeare, alternate universe Firefly, and a surprise finish. Games mentioned in this episode: Moldvay D&D (Tom Moldvay, 1981) Once Upon a Time (Richard Lambert, Andrew Rilstone, James Wallis, 1993) The Extraordinary Adventures of Ba…

In which we wax respectful of translators, reference many versions of D&D, and eventually settle the question of underrated game once and for all. Games mentioned in this episode: En Garde! (Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, 1975) The Adventures of Indiana Jones (John Byrne, David “Zeb” Cook, 1984, all copies destroyed.) Gurps 3e (Steve Jackson, 1988…