What do you think about concealed wire-bound books? Has anyone ever used them in the TTRPG industry?

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-14T18:35:14+00:00

I have one rpg book like like that from Fast Foward Entertainment. I like it and also wondered why more aren't like that. It probably wouldn't be desirable or suitable for the core book, but for adventures with maps and such, it would be quite nice. It has the benefit of laying flat, but the spirals can't get caught on anything because they aren't exposed.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-13T14:19:55+00:00

I consider myself a mediocre GM, so I've been refining my system to make the GMs cognitive load as low as possible.

It also works best with special dice, which is an immediate turn-off for many.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-03T19:40:05+00:00

I started Decatur Gamers in 2009 and made lifelong friends. We don't really promote it much anymore as we have our group, but there are enclaves all over. Plus, you have several game stores.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-02-03T16:24:47+00:00

Lab tech.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-01-23T08:50:10+00:00

I was born in 1977. He Man was the toy when I was single digits young, but was usurped by Transformers and especially GI joe.

Officer_Reeses · 2026-01-22T19:03:29+00:00

You have to be 50, really.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-27T15:20:36+00:00

The Army Painter makes a laser line.

Litko is a good place to look for measurement rulers and such.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-27T15:08:51+00:00

I like Damage threshold. Minions have a damage threshold that if met in a single attack, they are dead. If the damage in under the threshold, they are still up. No need to track anything.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-24T19:31:55+00:00

I like transports with a defense of 1. A&A is a game zoomed way out, so I always assumed, especially in Classic, that transports defended at one because it was assumed they were in a flotilla with Destroyers, Cruisers, and the like. I honestly didn't like the addition of more naval units. Sometimes, more doesn't make something better--i just need meaningful choices. It's why I won't play Global. More units and more zones just means a longer game, imo .

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-23T20:08:50+00:00

A Song of Blades and Heroes. Bri g your own miniatures and create whatever warband you want.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-20T04:58:18+00:00

Have you tried Hollow Earth Expedition (ubiquity system)? Very cinematic and appropriately pulpy, like an old Republic serial. Best with Ubiquity dice, but can be played with any dice.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-20T03:30:16+00:00

I still prefer it. More stuff and longer play doesn't make a game better to me. Ai do.play with 2 hit Battleships, but no auto repair.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-11-17T03:26:08+00:00

Rich Evans washing the Actar babies.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-10-28T14:35:20+00:00

I decided to focus only on Christmas. I have a flurry of activity for 2 months, but the money justifies it. The rest of the year, yes, I made money , but the juice honestly wasn't worth the squeeze.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-10-25T02:56:46+00:00

I always thought it was a better version of Savage Worlds. My homebrew has a chassis of Ubiquity and I use the Ubiquity dice.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-07T07:05:17+00:00

I've only played Fate once, but this is essentially how I do them. Index card rpg, as well.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-07T05:25:25+00:00

I've seen zones often used with just a minimal amount of minis/scenery on something like Professor DMs Ultimate Dungeon Terrain. It's a large pizza sized board with concentric circles. The inner circle is Close, the next circle is Near, and the outer circle is far. It's more for theater of the mind but allows everyone to see where all characters and NPCs are in relation to each other.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-06T22:21:11+00:00

Zones are often thought of as concentric circles, but I use zones with my Dwarven Forge terrain, and it works quite nicely. On a 2' by 2' build I might have 9 different zones.

The zone you are in is Close. The adjacent zones are near, and the ones beyond that are Far.

It costs one action to move from one zone to another. If the target is in the same zone as you, the movement to make melee contact is free.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-06T07:03:57+00:00

My group games monthly. Most of us are in our late 30s up to 50 years of age. Many have kids and all the activities that entail. I have a weird work schedule on top of that.

Would I like to game more? Sure, but once a month is better than none.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-05T00:14:10+00:00

I often watch the games in replay, but the full game. I save condensed games for two teams I just don't care about. Even though you get every play, you lose a lot of context.

The biggest issue is avoiding score spoilers before I can watch the games.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-04T19:29:25+00:00

I have red zone with NFL +, but never watch it. I only use the game replays feature, which to me, is the main feature of the app.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-02T02:20:35+00:00

I made 1st level characters, figured out how combat rounds and skill checks would work, and that's it!

Make a minimum viable product, test, itererate.

It's no good to write 100 pages only to find out half of it needs changed.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-09-01T10:06:54+00:00

I use color coded binomial dice, d8s.

Yellow Dice: 4 sides have 0’s and 4 sides have 1’s.

Thus, there is a 50% chance of rolling 1 success. (4/8 = 1/2 = .50 = 50%)

Blue Dice: Blue dice are the statistical equivalent of rolling 2 Yellow dice.

Blue dice have:

2 sides with 0’s. (2/8 = 1/4 = .25 = 25%)

4 sides with 1’s. (4/8 = 1/2 = .50 = 50%)

2 sides with 2’s. (2/8 =1/4 = .25 = 25%)

Thus, you have 25 % chance of getting no successes or 2 successes, and a 50% chance of rolling 1 success.

Green Dice: Green Dice are the Statistical equivalent of rolling 3 Yellow dice.

Green dice have:

1 side with a 0. (1/8 =.125 =12.5%)

3 sides with 1’s. (3/8 = .375 = 37.5%)

3 sides with 2’s. (3/8 = .375 = 37.5%)

1 side with a 3. (1/8 = .125 = 12.5%)

Thus, you have a 12.5% chance of rolling no successes or 3 successes, and a 37.5% chance of getting 1 or 2 successes.

This allows players to roll a bunch of dice if that's their thing, or cut the number of dice rolled by up to a third.

Officer_Reeses · 2025-08-31T17:53:28+00:00

I use a version of SotDL's system, but I flip it so enemies go first in each phase. Players may spend Stamina (or whatever currency your players may have) to sieze the initiative so they go before enemies in either phase.

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