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How do I get my PCs to not be a bunch of murderous cretins?
Most RPGs teach you that casual violence is the best solution to all your in-game problems. This is so well established a part of the vast majority of RPGs that there are entire satire RPGs like Greg ...
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What is Sandbox play?
How would you describe the concept of sandbox play?
How about to someone who is used to adventure modules or adventure paths?
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“Learn a new RPG a year”: Which systems are a must-know? [closed]
I'm fairly new at this, having just started playing on a Dragonlance 2nd Ed. D&D campaign, and DMing on a 4E adventure. As a programmer, I'm aware of the dictum "Learn a new language every year". ...
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Can D&D Fourth Edition be played effectively in a non-gamist manner?
I'd like to ask a question that's been brewing for a while. A lot of the answers and comments on this site seem to be from people who play 4e and are insistent that the right way/only way/best way to ...
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Tabletop Play Style Classification Schemes
People often present breakdowns claiming to enumerate the various types of tabletop player, such as the rule-lawyer and the power gamer. For example, "The lurker is generally a player who attends a ...
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Suggestions for decreasing metagaming and increasing player immersion?
This question is posed in a great way over on the Paizo boards, where I hang out since I play/run a lot of Pathfinder. Immersion is one of the key parts of the RPG experience to me, so I loved the ...
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Best story-focused, rules-lite, fantasy, non-class-based RPG? [closed]
I've been considering starting up tabletop RPGing again after a 13-year pause. During the time I did RPGing before, I mainly used Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (second edition). In retrospect I ...
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Tabletop Player Styles [closed]
There are various types of tabletop player, such as the rule-lawyer and the power gamer. What are other kinds that you know of?
Example:
The lurker is generally a player who attends a session, ...
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How to implicate the players in the horror?
Good horror implicates the watcher/reader, at least in drama. There is always moment when the audience should cry out, "no, stop, don't!" but of course we don't because we're a well-behaved audience, ...
