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AndreasDavour

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I usually consider myself a #ttrpg gamer, who also likes his #boardgames.

I'm also an IT professional with a love for old computers, hacker culture and #retrocomputing.

I enjoy #wuxia in film and literature, and also books in general.

I practice #xingyi and #WingChun .

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The 3rd ed of actually say in the book it will be the final edition of the game. Interesting, considering there have been two more editions published, and something like a new one again being mentioned earlier this year. I wonder why they wrote that?

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss I don't think I have seen that many promises like that. Promises of releases to come, on the other hand.

But, it would actually be fun to see such a list, just to get an idea of what people were expecting, and how it turned out.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss ah! Now I see what you mean. Yeah, that would be a sizable book indeed!

AndreasDavour , to random
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As I gear up to run , what do I do to concentrate my efforts? I did find a used copy of 3rd ed Ars Magica on my local eBay, and bought that one! It's a game I have never managed to figure out.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss "Dead Serious Arty-Pretentious Gaming" sounds like one player mode I think @robindlaws should have included in his list of player types.😜

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss I have a very conflicted relationship with . I never have managed to play it without the covenant becoming a giant resource management millstone around our necks.

Also, I don't think I enjoy the medievalist sim part of it either.

I do love the magic system, but have not played it in such a way it ever got used more than for player enjoyment, vs. character usage.

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I have been reading a few #KingdomsOfKalamar scenarios, and I have been thinking about what makes a #ttrpg fantasy scenario feel fantastic?

Is it fantastic creatures? Is it fantastic items and artifacts of magical power? Is it old mysterious plots and conspiracies?

I'm not sure I know what I think there. Maybe all of it?

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon That was something I did not include in my list, but probably should have. The environment does a lot of work to set the mood. Yeah, you're unto something key there.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss True, indeed. That's a good reference point.

AndreasDavour , to random
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I have been thinking a bit about the ICv2 report.

I never hear anyone talk about Starfinder. I am not sure I have even seen the game. Huh.

The next weird thing is Pirate Borg. If we disregard my aversion to the whole Borg aesthetic, I find it mind boggling that the pirate theme is that strong. Baffling.

#ttrpg #ICv2

Tim_Eagon ,
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@AndreasDavour TBF, 10th best in hobby stores probably doesn’t require that many sales.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@Tim_Eagon Hmm. Maybe you're correct about that.

AndreasDavour , to random
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This week needs a soundtrack. I have no idea what style or feel, but I feel a lack of sound to back up my mood.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss thanks, I'll save that one for later.

AndreasDavour , to random
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That is all the prep work done. Tomorrow we make characters for 2300AD. As so often before, the biggest issue is how to make the characters join up where the adventure is?

A sneaky corporation has set up a "research station" that's not really a research facility at all, but an industrial installation.

1/

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss I think it's made fun of a lot, but questioned enough to provide a framework for gathering the party together is more rare, though.

But it's at the core of the hobby because of D&D. For those who have seen it, it can not be unseen. Like for you.

AndreasDavour OP ,
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@SJohnRoss I see what you mean. I find those kind of games can be a lot of fun, because it's made so explicit.

AndreasDavour , to random
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Hours spent on inserting debug print lines all over the code. Nothing works and the data is correct up until the line where it bombs.

Finally I restructure things in a major way and find that it wasn't the line that bombed that was the issue. Of course.

chgowiz ,
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@AndreasDavour Almost. Every. Single.Time.

AndreasDavour , to random
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I was thumbing through the #Tonisborg maps again to prep for the next session. Damn is that dungeon Jaquaysed or what! There are so many level of interconnectedness between the levels!

AndreasDavour , to random
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So there's a new edition of Ars Magica coming, huh. I realized ages ago I found the game a source of interesting ideas, like the troupe style play, but to actually play it was like my attempts at Traveller, spreadsheets.

For some reason I have gotten the impression that after all these editions, AM have its fans, but that few new people get it. Maybe it needs a new edition, to get in front of new people? I wonder if it's really an insular game and fanbase?

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@AndreasDavour with the recent wave of people actually playing Burning Wheel and Lancer RAW, along with the untapped demand for a certain type of non-trad crunch/complexity that's an expression of, I think it's a good time for the hammer to strike on a new AM edition.

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