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clash_bowley
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BTW, thank all of you! That was it! :D
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IIRC, we all talked about it, and it is being sold at cost, so no profit. I am sure someone could object and it would have to be taken down, but I am also sure the only people who bought it are us...
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(Quote) I always laugh at that commerical too! But then I am a dad! : :#
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I have noticed the slow spiral into the abyss, but that can be fun in its own way! I do agree about good fiction giving energy!
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Hey Ray! Good to see you! I've only seen you talking on Goodreads lately! As for the November book, Dr. Mitch is waffling and dithering! :D
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Undoubtedly! I had thought I had heard the phrase before!
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(Quote) Then all is good! :)
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(Quote) Absolutely! This was all good stuff!
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(Quote) My job is to get it across to you, and that didn't happen, so my apologies for not making it all clearer.
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(Quote) Other mechanical decisions during a gig 1. Each player in the band can TAKE THE LEAD - roll the skill check - HELP THE LEAD - attempt to give an additional success to the skill check - or ATTEMPT TO USURP THE LEAD - roll the skill check and…
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(Quote) Other mechanical decisions during a gig 1. Each player in the band can TAKE THE LEAD - roll the skill check - HELP THE LEAD - attempt to give an additional success to the skill check - or ATTEMPT TO USURP THE LEAD - roll the skill check and…
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I almost never win certain board games because I get fascinated with an evolving esthetic rather than thinking about points. Games like the railroad games, CV, Settlers of Catan, Civilization, and the like. My son and my wife are viciously tactical …
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Close. The essence of comedy is absurdity and timing. The truth is usually absurd, and spontaneity is a way to get proper timing - spontaneous quips are always apropos.
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I have released two games which are explicitly non-violent - or rather, there are no rules which apply to violence, and if you want violence in these games you have to supply the rules yourself or go without. They are extremely focused on a single t…
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Eurovision and I were born in the same year.
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The role of arts is propaganda. Letting your citizens see the joy of surrender to the greater good behind strong, capable leadership!
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:o That... that makes sense!
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(Quote) Word!
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(Quote) Agreed 100%! Nailed it, Dr Mitch!
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I agree that game humor depends on the characters being serious about their situation. Very much!
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(Quote) I thought the setting time was particularly perniciously nebulous. Some time in the seventies to a reto-future 90s to 2021 to maybe 2030s. I hate when that is left so floaty!
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(Quote) Same here! Didn't care for the universe as a whole, but some parts were very cool!
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This is the biggest problem of the book. The author thinking 'If I imitate The Hitchiker's Guide, and turn it up to 11, it will be even funnier!' is a big problem. Trying harder does not make you funnier.
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(Quote) The Battle of the Bands is not a core mechanic. The only time I ever used it was playtesting it. Generally speaking, the other bands are your friends while your own band mates are trying to suck up all the Hope, so the competition is from ba…
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I figured the 'musical performance as a way to measure the worth of a species' was what you had to accept to read the book, like 'The Force is a pervasive energy in all living things', not something I actually was expected to believe.
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You can pack a lot of elves in a mini-van! Elves play soccer/football, right? Dwarves play rugby?
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Everyone is different, and nothing, no one solution, works for everyone. Let everyone find what works for them and let it be.
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I can answer that, as the author of a non-violent music RPG. I wrote it as a black comedy game, and have always run it as such, but there is nothing mandating comedy, as I believe there is nothing more guaranteed to ruin comedy than mandating it. *…
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Well, I certainly understood it. A 'good response'? It just lays it out. It nicely does not comment on it, leaving the actions to comment upon themselves. Well handled I think. Is theatre the opposite of fascism? Good god, no! Hitler used theatre, a…
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I really liked her imaginative conceptions of aliens. They were brilliant, really! She stretched the envelope all over the place! Now would people like to roleplay them? Not at all. Most people find it difficult to play anything but humans-with-funn…