Tag: rpg
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Raising the Tension: Horror, Suspense, and Adventure Pacing
I’ve run several Mothership adventures ,and was a couple of sessions into their mega-dungeon Gradient Descent that something was missing, it just didn’t feel like horror. . The adventure is supposed to be run fairly randomly, but I was left wondering what makes this scary, as it felt like a string of random encounters based…
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My Struggles with the Crunch of Crunchy Systems
With little experience with 5E or Roll 20 expertise, I jumped into running Tomb of Annihilation a little over a year ago,. I’ve learned a lot since then and am grateful for those players that stuck with my bumpy beginning. Yet I have to admit that I’ve struggled a lot with the crunchiness of 5E to…
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Maybe It’s Not the System?
I’ve written about my struggles with the crunchy game systems that seem to derail my suspension of disbelief. Matt disagrees, saying that this isn’t because of the system, it’s because of certain types players within parties. This goes for GMing (trying to manage a narrative) and playing( trying to immerse myself within a narrative). I…
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