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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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FortiterGames , to random
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Rate my birthday breakfast 😉

AndreasDavour ,
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@FortiterGames Happy New Year! I would have liked some beans and toast, but I get to have that on my plate. Have a great day!

SJohnRoss , (edited ) to random
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Of the twenty-something fantasy city-books highlighted in the biblio, Eidolon (and Sel-Kai) might take the "pleasantly surprised" award, because I've never been a Shadow World fan (still not) ... But my preconceptions were unfair to this book, which is Really Very Good. While it has some of Amthor's usual tics, they often end up serving, rather than undermining, the design. Dragon magazine called it the jewel of the Shadow World crown, and I agree.

AndreasDavour ,
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@SJohnRoss I don't know if you have written about it before, but what where those "regular tics" and how come they worked this time?

I have a soft spot for Shadow World, as it ought to be quite cool. Yet, it never seem to deliver.

AndreasDavour ,
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@SJohnRoss I see. Thanks!

One habit of his I never liked was the excessive amount of history writing, but he loved his Tolkien and never bothered to hide it.

AndreasDavour ,
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@SJohnRoss we do indeed.

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.

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AndreasDavour OP ,
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I'm thinking a competing corporation have gotten some idea of this, and a government organization feel like tagging along on the research supposedly done. The former place some of their personnel along with some people from the latter that sends a mission of "research cooperation".

I'm not sure that works? It would be cool with some personal drives and hidden agendas as well, of course.

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AndreasDavour OP ,
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This seems to be why science fiction games never really work for me. Everyone meeting at an inn, or just going down into a scary hole in the ground with strangers are so accepted. It makes just as little sense, but people go along with it.

In science fiction you almost expect people to behave sensible for to feel real. We have been spoiled by fantasy games.

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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.

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Someone submitted a request for the court records from the 1979 lawsuit between Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax/TSR over royalties on the original publication of D&D. And they got back 854 pages of documents

https://www.enworld.org/threads/evidence-from-the-arneson-vs-gygax-court-case-including-early-draft-of-d-d-with-notes.702820/

I find these primary source documents fascinating. This includes an extremely early draft of the D&D rules (early enough that your attributes are Strength, Intelligence, Cunning, Health, Appearance and Gold) and some handwritten revision notes, among many other things.

AndreasDavour ,
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@nickwedig interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Jackgiantkiller , to random
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prompt 1/13/24
Does your fantasy setting include firearms? Why not? Given that the tech used to make full plate and rapiers came after we'd been using guns for a while, what happened to keep folks from using gunpowder in your world? If you want to be more in line with history, you need to explain the lack of firearms more than their presence.

AndreasDavour ,
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@Jackgiantkiller last night's game session had both a cannon and a guarding robot. Since there's a crashed starship in Blackmoor you can have anything you want in your game. Fun was had.

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