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Day 2: An RPG You Would Like to See Published
This is a tougher question than it would have been a year ago:There's a new Star Trek game. It's not my favorite set of rules but it's in print and appears to be well on the way to being...
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Day 3: How do you find out about new RPGs?
This is a pretty straightforward question so this will be one of the shorter entries this month:EN World - it's mainly focused on D&D type games but it ends up being the biggest tabletop RPG site...
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Day 4: Which RPG have you played the most since August 2016?
Warhammer 40,000!OK maybe that doesn't count.How about "Star Trek Online"?Nope?I'm in a weird place here compared to my usual routine. I've run 3-4 sessions of a bunch of games over the last year -...
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Day 5: Which RPG cover best captures the spirit of the game?
I think this question has come up before and my answer is always the same: Shadowrun. That single scene covers almost everything you do in Shadowrun and shows what makes it different: guy plugging in...
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Day 6: What I'd do gaming every day for a week.
Weirdly, this is such an unrealistic scenario that I'm having trouble coming up with something spectacular. It assumes that not only am I free, but my players are free too, which is even less...
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Day 7: What was your most impactful RPG session?
"Impactful" is a pretty general word but I'll do what I can here:Some of my players still talk about the Star Wars game I ran probably ten years ago now. That's a good sign it had an impact. Sometimes...
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Day 8: What is a good RPG to play for sessions of 2 hours or less?
This is an easy one for me: ICONS. I've written a ton about it, I've played quite a bit of it, and it is still hands-down my champion for quick and easy play.Runners-Up:If I couldn't play ICONS and had...
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Day 9: What is a good RPG to play for about 10 sessions?
This probably is not a shock to anyone who has read the blog lately but I am a big fan of running Star Wars in movie-sized chunks. I don't run it as a sandbox. I don't run it completely open-ended....
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Day 10: Where do you go for RPG reviews?
For newer games: Drive Thru RPG or Amazon for quick reviewsFor older games: RPG.netFor more in-depth reviews: I search for them directly and usually end up on someone's blog.There is an element of risk...
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Day 11: Which dead game would you like to see reborn?
I'm pretty sure I've referred to this game already in exactly this way already but I am happy to preach it again!The Marvel movies are incredibly popular worldwide right now and have been for 9 years -...
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Day 12: Which RPG has the most inspiring art?
This is a little tougher because I don't usually distinguish between cover art and interior art - I tend to think a game looks good or it doesn't.That said, my initial thought was the FFG Star Wars...
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Day 13: Describe a game experience that changed how you play.
This may be a little different than what the creators of the question intended but it's the first thing that came to mind so ...We were playing D&D 2E. We had been playing this campaign for a while...
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Day 14: Which RPG do you prefer for open-ended campaign play
Dungeons and Dragons. Any version.Want to take a sailing ship to the edge of the world?Want to stop a zombie apocalypse?Want to start one?Want to ride dragons into battle against evil?From low-level...
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Which RPG do you enjoy adapting the most?
I don't really "adapt" games that much these days as there are a ton of them out there nowadays and I can usually find one I like that covers what I want to do. If you want to broaden the question to...
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Day 16: Which RPG do you enjoy using as-is?
Well, I try to always start playing a new game by running it as-is. That's how you should start it IMO. I'm always amazed at players who come into a game's forum and start talking about changing up...
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Day 17: Which RPG have you owned the longest but not played?
I had to do a lot of thinking while standing in the main "library" room to answer this.If we start counting different editions as different games then it's probably Hero 5th edition. It came out in...
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Day 18: Which RPG have you played the most in your life?
Well this is easy enough - Dungeons and Dragons! All editions combined this is easily more than half of my lifetime playing time.Narrowing it down to a single version of the game, it has to be...
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Day 19: Which RPG features the best writing?
I don't think most RPG's have notably outstanding writing. To me good writing for a game should inspire one to want to play it just by reading a rulebook. That can be a real challenge as you're not...
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Day 20: What's the best source for out-of-print RPGs?
Well this one is pretty simple - but first, some history:In the 80's it was conventions. If you wanted to look for older RPGs you pretty much had to go to a con. As a runner up, if you had a good game...
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Day 21: Which RPG does the most with the least words?
I'm not typically a believer that "older is better" but in the case of this category ... it's going to be a lot of old stuff I suspect. So much of the RPG scene is caught up in 300-400 page giant core...
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