Why were so many of the "OG" game designers insufferable faggots? It seems like the vast majority of game designers from the 70s and 80s were self-obsessed dickheads who openly hated and looked down on their customer base. There were obviously exceptions, and some like Gygax would go on to regret and apologize for it, but still, what made so many "professionals" back then such fags?Pic related: WFRP author James Wallis's response to a letter criticizing how railroaded The Enemy Within campaign was.
>>97256917NTA but end-of-life Gygax did turn a new leaf, he got clean, mellowed out significantly, became a born-again Christian, and repeatedly said everything he did and the way he did it was wrong, you shouldn't be an asshole to your players, and so on.With that said though, you're spot on about "prime" Gygax. He was so high on cocaine he probably didn't remember half the shit he said, let alone believe it at the time.
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>>97257345>player's action has consequencesYeah this is fine>those consequences are vanishing his character during the climax of the game without rolls, without a chance for retaliation, and without explanationI bet this guy never saw his players against either.
>>97257345>"oh man, people are going to think i'm so cool and tough and clever and mysterious!"
>>97258636A lot of John Wick's more hostile ideas and stories are like that. The one where he outright gets a player to drop from their game by having his Lex Luthor figure torture and kill their pc's grandmother is probably one of his more embarrassing, frankly.
Player Hate Thread, because fuck you little shits.>say I'm looking for active people to play with>bro I'm totally active I can be there every game>you sure you can be there every Fri night?>yeah totally I can be there 99% of the time>okay fine you're in>bro my job is getting too hectic something something they put more responsibilities I can't play anymore after 2 sessions>let me make up this retarded plan where I walk up to the guards at the armory and tell them we're taking their shifts>what? who the fuck are you why aren't you in uniform?>uhhhhhh... I was just hired by your captain I'm just a hired helping hand>I've never heard of something this ridiculous, which captain so I can confirm?>uhhhhhhhhhhh captain steve rogers>there is nobody by that name who the fuck are you people>DM bro how come we don't even get to do diplomacy checks for this?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
WTF OP? How do you find these losers?I've had the same table for a decade and they're awesome
>>97257407If you were a good GM that ran fun games you wouldn't have this problem.
Sorry for you ryan, no one deserves bad players. Anyways your ERP campaigns don't work out because you're a hapa male
>>97257407based players, fuck dmoids
Post compliance market edition>Previous Thread:>>97242255>HH 3.0 - Complete gofile - All Books:https://gofile.io/d/cnJk0N>Titanicus Compendiumshttps://gofile.io/d/qdYzem>New Edition, to a great wailing and gnashing of teeth:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/setting/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Official FAQ/Errata/Downloads:https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/>Thread FAQ (very old, remembers Age of Terra)https://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97258475>flavor is when army/units/models is bad
>>97258617Flavor is possibility. And the possibility of having a tactical sergeant do something in melee was outlawed when they went from 4A on the charge to a single attack. But if 3.0 lost stuff, it also gained stuff. I just have to find out what that is.Besides simplicity, of course. I don't care about that.
>>97257010>Of all the real melee unitsA set that im sure you define exclusively as "command squads with thunder hammers and upwards"
>>97258475>Flavor was outlawed
>>97258645Speaking from my experience here >>97257243The new flavor you’ll find is in the traitor books via the (I forget the name, sorry) new ways to play the deeply corrupted versions of the major legions and the new upgrades for Knights which seem fun. Some people will point to challenges but ime they’re just elongating the original “can I kill with fast AP2 first or die to slow AP2 ID weapon” matchup.
This thread is dedicated to all kinds of solo games, systems, tools, and campaigns.Fail Forward Edition.>Last Thread: >>97062042Resources:https://rentry.org/srpgghttps://infinityweavers.link/re-up/solo-rp-toolkitMore threads:https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/orhttps://desuarchive.org/tg/search/subject/%2Fsrpgg%2F/type/op/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
*slaps my own ass**fails charisma check*
Imagine playing this SOCIAL activity alone.lol. That's it, not even an lmao
Man, I don't care what anyone says about AI. Being able to use it to create variants on the same image is so useful for creating aliens for my sci-fi game.Life is too long to spend forever pissing around on pinterest.
Spooky Scary Stirlanders Edition>Resources:WFB: https://pastebin.com/qVGrgwwhWM: https://pastebin.com/EsDAgebaWFRP: https://pastebin.com/inbyBsR6Novels: https://pastebin.com/PFqPDr0H>TOW:https://gofile.io/d/fxFgXShttps://www.warhammer-community.com/downloads/warhammer-the-old-world/>Warhammer Chronicles:https://files (dot) catbox (dot) moe/0xt777 (dot) zip>Time of Legends:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97257109>TQChorfs and Ogres. Stupid to have Cathay but not the lands between Cathay and the WEM.
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>>97258593>>97258593>>97258593NEW THREAD
>>97258602Why?
Diabolic X editionPrevious >>97182768>Basics Pastebinhttps://pastebin.com/GWjTU9Uv>Anon's Locals Survival Guidehttps://pastebin.com/xXp5jShL>Fanmade PC simhttps://pastebin.com/u6aKrBSg>Official Mobile sim (Release Date TBA)https://www.digimon-alysion.com/en/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97257761yeahcards like wizardmon specifically provide protection for data type for example.it isn't super common, but decks definitely do interact with it.
>>97256946Before spoilers really kick off I want to predict a long-shot that I think would be really funny.HeavyMetaldramon's level 7 should be named after ska (punk). Because of the US movie soundtrack.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w393GxgzvT0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgRVzfq_g6w
>>97257899Beelskamon
>>97257761Chamblemon and Publimon lol
I am making a DM deck with all the junk carda I got from ex9
>>97171444 >What is /awg/?A thread to talk about minis and games which fall between the cracks, or peoples' homebrew wargames.The >>>/tg/hwg thread doesn't entertain fantasy (for good reason) and the other threads are locked to more specific games.This thread isn't tied to a game, a publisher, or a genre, let's just talk about fun wargames. Any scale, any company, any miniatures.>Examples of games that qualify.A Song of Ice and Fire, Argatoria, Batman Miniature Game, Carnevale, Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings,Deadzone, Dragon Rampant, Dropfleet and Dropzone Commander, Freebooter's Fate, Frostgrave, Gaslands, HeroClix,Kings of War, Maelstrom's Edge, Malifaux, Marvel Crisis Protocol, Masters of the Universe: Battleground, Moonstone,Oathmark, OnePageRules, Open Combat, RelicBlade, Rumbleslam, SAGA, StarCraft, Stargrave, Sludge, Urban War, Void,Warcaster, Warmachine, Xenos Rampant, Xenotactics......and anything else that doesn't necessarily have a dedicated thread.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97258187What exactly are you talking about? I've assembled like 70% of the entire M3e range for my group and most boxes were a sheer pleasure to put together.
>>97257886the issue is i prefer my wargames to be something more than "all guys are the same and one in ten gets a +1 to his d6"
>>97258208What wargames do you prefer then? I'm in the rules-light model-agnostic camp, so the rampant games are good enough for me. I feel like they offer a decent mix of command friction, differentiation between units and meaningful decisions to keep me playing them.
>>97258559the WZE discussed here is a decent enough example i guessor Dystopian Wars, despite its alpha strike and turn 1 wipesthey got varied playstyles, quite different units...
>>97243224Oh nice, I've only seen the polygonal og models from Quake, I gotta get that one and make one myself now
Archives & Other Resources: https://rentry.co/cyoagAllSync: https://cyoa.allsync.com/s/owWor64yLTngDk3Multiplayer Compilations: https://rentry.org/MCYOA_Comp_CompIn Case of Emergency, Break Glass: https://rentry.org/mcyoagCanaryThreadslave Rentry: https://rentry.org/ThreadKeeping2Backup Rentry: https://rentry.org/ThreadKeeping3I'm so tired of all this EditionPrevious Thread: >>97239356
>>97257846I wish we didn't include necromancy in the threadslave curriculumWhy did we even do that anyway?
>>97257854In case a revival actually pans out like it did for MHA... 3 times?
damn (damn)
>>97257736Merry late Christmas. Still on holiday, but I got time to finish this up at least. My idea for the guys was harder than I expected it would be, so some people kinda got the short end of the stick.Xun Yecheng in particular I couldn't think of anything for, maybe because he was last. The build is really cool though, so I see potential for future stuff that just isn't this chart. Sorry lightning nigga.Dude update for Fei Cangqiong's Marriage Journey: https://rentry.co/mpwindychart
>>97258609What grade is the Santa hat?
Holiday EditionDiscuss and post elves. Elf lore, gameplay, and art are all appreciated.QOTT: What are some of the best gifts to give elf-lovers? What gifts would you give to lovers of other races/species/ancestries/whatever?
>>97250670>japanese creators are retarded and mentally stuntednot sure but they have insane issueseverything in their shit revolves around fucking school girls, school, shy and awkward loser mcs or super intelligent loser mcs that actually fix everything with being smartIts like they got bullied and have to cope now
>>97255872Elf fetish is normal and natural. Elves are just superior in every way.
>>97255872Remember, Lodoss was a D&D* game, so it would have been Deedlit's player who came up with that.*NOT SwordWorld. SwordWorld was created afterwards with the help of Lodoss' popularity.
>>97257080>Playing DND with literally pedosJust Japan things
>>97237089The inability to hold important positions of power or inside of institutions.Not being able to hold land.Mutilation as well. Not just temporary, something that could never be healed.Basically, anything that has long-lasting effects.
The DM reveals that all this time, the 'Chaotic Evil invading soldiers' you've been fighting and slaughtering were actually Lawful Good innocent untrained peasants. They were tricked/convinced into believing they were fighting for survival and defense of their impoverished homeland.THE PALADIN FALLS AND LOSES ALL POWERS!!!Do you feel like a hero yet?
>>97252494I calmly place the DM in a headlock and continue the campaign as DM while ignoring his retarded reveal.He can come out of armpit gay baby jail when he promises to behave himself.
>>97257332NATO made them do it.
>>97252494>The DM reveals that all this time, the 'Chaotic Evil invading soldiers' you've been fighting and slaughtering were actually Lawful Good innocent untrained peasants.Irrelevant, they were "invading", as you said>innocent untrained peasantsHow come we never noticed they are untrained? >They were tricked/convinced into believing they were fighting for survival and defense of their impoverished homeland.Their problem, not mine. They still invaded. Being guillable does not protect you from punishment.>THE PALADIN FALLS AND LOSES ALL POWERS!!!No, he doesnt.>Do you feel like a hero yet?Yes.
>>97258604>How come we never noticed they are untrained?You literally can't tell in the HEAT of battle.
>>97258634if i continue to fight invading soldiers, i will very quickly realize whether or not they act like trained soldiers with some discipline, or like some random people who never held a weapon before and dont know what formation is Because if you happen to be invaded by legions of untrained farmers, chances are this wont be a long war for them
>Everyone points out that "Le demons are not evil" was a huge trend>Can barely remember any media that doesnt' have not-evil, not-succubus demons>The first that came to mind was devilman and they are still dicks thereWhat is with this weird fauxtrarian bullshit
>>97258162>He's a hero if you ignore all the terrible stuff he's done and refuses to acknowledge and apologize for!He repented, though.
>>97258244what are you? a scripture expert?>>97258242>if God is not all good then Satan is not all evildoesn't work that way. Both could be good or both could be evil. Is Hitler any morally good now that Israelis slaughter the Palestinians? (both Israelis and Palis can be considered evil, too)
>>97257839Pretty weird scenario you imagined there.
>>97258338>what are you? a scripture expert?Yes. Everyone should be.
>>97258338Hitler wasn't evil, just looking out for his own while being subverted by international banking ( which just so happens to be owned by a certain demographic ), so...
How would you implement undead PCs in a game, in a way that feels flavorful and meaningfully different from regular PCs?
>>97255834I don't have to implement it, the system already did.
>>97255834I think I would try playing traditional games.
Damn! This looks like shit.
>>97256018idk, looks like ai to me lol
>>97257747Which system?
Out on Patrol Edition>What is this?/TG/ DEVELOPED A GAMEIT IS PLAYABLE. IT HAS BEEN PLAYED.EXPEDITION is a ~1880s era, Jules Verne-inspired retro-futurist, underground blood soaked adventurescape.It is a Skirmish wargame. Two players with their own expeditions, on a hexgrid map, explore & fight each other for victory and profit.3 versions of the rules exist, 2 of which have been playtested. The main one is 2e, to be found :>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/us7vnek39dc6k/AgarthaRulesas with maps, tokens and lore resources.>TL;DR Dochttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxdaGoBlJRTMuziMDupG5TeeFwNDnsIW2pfaRAcFDgA>Main Lore Doc, including links to anon-written short stories and additional lore in "Recommended..." sectionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>97254342This reminds me we still need to add a lot of names to the geographic locations.
>>97255942Rivers as well.
>>97255942>>97255965Thank you for the maps, I'll try to include as much info as possible without overloading the map. >picrelNew game map, I'm going to try and pump a number of these in the next few weeks.
Holiday cheer editionPrevious:>>97223714Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/h8Tz2ze8Survey results: https://pastebin.com/YJPZ44rqSeasonal TQ:>How do you deal with friends&family absolutely resistent to any form of game teach?>Will anon repeat his autistic data gathering endevour this year?Actually interesting TQ:>How important is winning to you? Almost noone is a mustwin-tourneyfag, but we all tend to like games we are good at more, conciously or subconciously.
>>97258074Only played agricola, le havre, glass road and FoA>Glass roadWas a bit meh for me, semi interesting on the surface but the card selection didn't really result in much interaction and felt somewhat unnecessary. All in all a bit too unexciting for me, still a solid game.>Fields of ArleActually suprisingly good. It's a fiddly thing, of course, but I think it fills a weird niche of 2p heavy-ish but still relaxed game. It's just so pleasant all-arpund and it does clever things, but it's nothing particularly new if you have played a few rosenbergs. The game is clearly a labour of love for his home, and for some unfathomable reason it really does carry the feeling of living in a small frieslandic pastoral community over. I have no idea why.>AgricolaBes wp game, one oft the best games ever made. Only with drafting, that is. Admittedly the game does become ever more about the draft after some +25 plays, but it's one of the games tjat offers such deliciously hard decisions I go damn this game is good everytime I play it.>Le HavreI've long thought this is also in rosenbergs S tier, but I'm kinda lower on it as of late. It's relatively same-y, even with the random building order and special buildings, and what I assumed would be advanced gameplay with a constant stream of buying and selling never manifested because you lose too much money in the process. It still has good tough decisions, but the shine has really worn off.
should i get cubitos or heat? or to get to the crux of my question, does deckbuilding cards of die pool building work better for racing games?
>>97256260The sections aren't numbered, so you sometimes don't know when one ends and the next one begins. Many are also egregiously misplaced.
>>97258074Feast for Odin>not pictureddon't care
>>97258166The early versions actually were infamously bad, which is why they were completely redone multiple times.The latest version is pretty good as far as structure goes, but still misses some edge cases and is still confusing at times.
How do we fix Steampunk?
>>97253465Did you miss the part were he said it "lacks the aesthetic"?Also, Spokane's back alleys aren't nearly sketchy enough for cyberpunk.
>>97253465It's actually really easy to buy secondhand, jailbroken electronics. There's also literally an ongoing legal between people who bought cybernetic eye implants from a company that went under and the company that bought up their patents and discontinued service on said eye implants. We're in a cyberpunk dystopia, it's just a gay globohomo slop dystopia instead of a cool neon corpofeudal dystopia
>>97250337>the primitive culture being colonized is white>the colonizers are “Not! Muslims”I stand corrected anon.
>>97254514>>97255556You still don't see how retarded you look kek
>>97196423>How do we fix Steampunk?Make it *vernian* rather than steampunk:>Focus is on exciting adventures around the world (and beyond)>Technology is dropped in a "monster of the week" fashion and mostly make sense, at least within the context of late 19th- early 20th century science
