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• Verisimilitude
  October 22, 2024 by Lux Maxima

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  Verisimilitude is something you may want in your games. Maybe, I don't know you. It can be done following these two steps: 1) Come up with a bunch of cool names 2) Connect them in a diagram, and then... Continue reading

  
• Metamorphosis
  January 03, 2024 by Lux Maxima

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  Here are the stages I think many TRPG designers have passed through, or will pass through: Play D&D or totally-not-D&D as a player Play D&D or totally-not-D&D as GM Experience the pain, try to "Fix D&... Continue reading
• On the specialization of GMing styles
  December 09, 2023 by Lux Maxima

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  There was this time after covid ended (well, it didn't, but we thought that was the case at the time) where my irl group also kind of fizzled out (after we finished our campaign, incredibly) so I some... Continue reading
• On the pursuit of making good TRPGs
  March 19, 2023 by Lux Maxima

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  Here's an informal manifesto about how to make good TRPGs: Good TRPGs are customized to your table. You should make them yourself, because only you know the group directly. They should then be tweaked... Continue reading
• What are rules, anyway?
  February 06, 2023 by Lux Maxima

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  Buckle up, this is a long one. It is an incredible but nevertheless true fact that you can homebrew any TRPG until it becomes any other TRPG. This is done with a finite sequence of substitutions, addi... Continue reading
• Between here and there, or "What is this session lacking?"
  January 02, 2023 by Lux Maxima

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  Picture this: through trials and tribulations, you have managed to get a session on the road. Your friends are gathered, your snacks are in place, and everyone is ready to have some fun, or at the ver... Continue reading
• But you have to put in the effort
  December 01, 2022 by Lux Maxima

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  Actual play doesn't cut it because even though you can derive some enjoyment from the parasocial bonds, you lack the agency to change what's going to happen Buying dice and manuals feels nice, but it... Continue reading
• The obstacles between you and playing
  October 26, 2022 by Lux Maxima

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  An informal list of obstacles between a would-be player or GM and getting to a point where they can play for good: Their own social awkwardness The hardships of finding players The complexity of organ... Continue reading
• What is a TRPG?
  October 19, 2022 by Lux Maxima

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  (Photo credits: Diacritica, CC BY-SA 3.0) A TRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) or TTRPG is a game played by sitting around a table and pretending to be fictional characters. More precisely, usually one... Continue reading

  
• Rules, House Rules, Rulings, Errata
  September 08, 2022 by Lux Maxima

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  Additional information: > Errata can become Rules in new reprints (mostly in the interest of balance) > Rulings can become House Rules by being written down or otherwise socially accepted by the group... Continue reading