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Q&A Were V:tM rules intentionally badly designed?

Rumours tell that Vampire: The Masquerade was designed with purpose to be a trainwreck when it comes to the mechanics, so that people would not use them. Was this really the case? And what evidenc...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by tommi‭  ·  edited 5d ago by V2Blast‭

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Q&A History of Wizards of the Coast's forums

The first online RPG community I found, after Johnn Four's gamemastering tips email newsletter, was the forum hosted by Wizards of the Coast. This was certainly after the publication of D&D 3.0...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by tommi‭  ·  edited 5d ago by V2Blast‭

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Q&A Did Mentzer and Gygax play together?

Did Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer play together in one more sessions of D&D (or some other roleplaying game)? They worked at TSR and co-authored D&D products. One would expect one of them t...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by tommi‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Strider‭

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Q&A What does «GM mystery cult» mean and where does it come from?

As far as I understand, the term is sporadically used in the indie community or former Forge diaspora. I searched for it in the Forge archives, but got no hits. What is the source of the term and ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by tommi‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A When did "sandbox" come to prominence as a piece of jargon?

When did "sandbox" become a popular term in rpg discourse? It has been suggested to me that it came from computer games to roleplaying. Was this the case and when did this happen? This thread at ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by tommi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by James McLellan‭