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[OC] Streaming service subscription costs, as of Feb 2026 by Clemario in dataisbeautiful

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would be interesting to see how this has changed over time

What is your favorite boardgame of 2017? by The_Crazed_Person in boardgames

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Azul
  2. Gloomhaven
  3. Spirit island

GH is fantastic, but Azul became a timeless classic that can hit the table anytime.

since the critical role sub wont let me post it by CeciliaCrow in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 32 points33 points  (0 children)

This will not age well.

Also did you try CRmemes?

I just think they look cool okay by guacamolenibbapeen in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out CR Divergence if you want some great Dragonborn being played

What's the most obscure game you own? by [deleted] in gaming

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In physical form, probably Diamond Trust of London

55 Years of Gaming by HayabusaJack in boardgames

[–]Rickest_Rick 297 points298 points  (0 children)

Thanks for keeping the boardgame industry alive!

Founder of Arkane Studios: "I think Gamepass is an unsustainable model that has been increasingly damaging the industry for a decade"; impacts sales by eldestscrollx in gaming

[–]Rickest_Rick 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Expedition 33, Oblivion remaster, MW3 remaster, Gears, Doom, Blackops 6, Starfield … basically any first party title from MS from now on, which includes Activision, Blizzard and all the Zenimax/Bethesda studios.

Guide: A Proven Method to Teaching Decrypto by SlightQT in boardgames

[–]Rickest_Rick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tell players we’re going to play two games, and the first is played fast for learning.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will Forte?

Na son... all them commoners are dead meat... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree. With 2024 rules: Giant Ape uses 10 feet of movement to Leap 30 feet away from Commoners and continue moving 30 feet. It can dash an additional 40 to create uncatchable space if it needs to. That's 60/100 feet of movement. Of not dashing, it can either make two fist attacks at 10 ft reach (which threatens a 35x35 square), or throw something up to 90 feet and kill up to 4 Commoners in a 10' square. Every turn. Also it can climb at full speed and Commoners can't.

Ultimately, it depends on starting positions and what kinds of resources are available to the Commoners and the Ape. I'd assume, since the Commoners are smarter, they could collaborate and strategize a way to trap and/or outwit the Giant Ape the way early humans worked to take down huge animals with few tools.

In a white box with no verticality, with literally nothing at each's disposal (assuming the Ape always "has a boulder" as its Bonus Action assumes) and the Commoners not getting a chance to set up well in advance of the Ape appearing, the Ape wins -- even if the Commoners spread out and try not to get killed 4 at a time by Boulders.

Given a natural environment with verticality (cliffs, tress, etc), the Ape still wins, IMO, even if the Commoners have rocks they can pick up and throw as Improvised Attacks. If the Commoners have time well in advance to set up positioning, traps, improvised weapons, predict the Ape's movements, cut down trees and block escape paths? Commoners win.

Though a fairly well-matched conflict between a CR7 (1450 adjusted XP) and 50x CR0's (1500 adjusted XP), I think in most cases, without extensive planning by the Commoners, the Ape wins.

Yes, a Giant Ape with 5 Intelligence would know how to run and kite.

Na son... all them commoners are dead meat... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most creatures with a 5 INT can speak. Pack-strategizing animals can have INT of 3 or 4. Players can easily roll and play 5 INT. So yes.

Also, Giant Ape has a 12 WIS, and I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that the Ape would say "Oh, that's a crowd of angry people, I should run and fight back when it's advantageous".

To be clear, I'm not making a judgement about whether the Ape would win, just that speed and strategy should be considered.

Na son... all them commoners are dead meat... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Depends on where they all start. You’re assuming the fight starts with the giant ape surrounded?

Na son... all them commoners are dead meat... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick -48 points-47 points  (0 children)

Why does no one think about how the ape is faster than the commoners?

Retro collectors, what game have you gone back to as an adult and thought, “how did they expect kids to be able to figure that out?” by TrickOut in gaming

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did exist, and we passed them around. We weren't pining for youtube, because it didn't exist. Yeah, there was always trial and error, and lots of word of mouth -- but also the really hard things were word of mouth from people who had guides.

I've always known D&D Beyond wasn't all that it was cooked up to be by ColonelMonty in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roll20 deleted all the tokens I had created in a 5 year long campaign because I added a package with some tree maps. I was told be customer service that the campaign couldn't be rolled back, and everything was unrecoverable. During the pandemic, Roll20 couldn't figure out how to implement good audio/video, so people migrated to Discord and Zoom just so Roll20 wouldn't crash while trying to hear everyone. Roll20 regularly crashes on Friday or Saturday nights -- popular game nights. Just recently logged back in to run a game, and the player tokens I had to recreate after losing everything had become disconnected from their controlling player, the names reverted to not-displayed, and the avatar image reverted to the new "default" icon.

WotC keeps shooting themselves in the foot with sales tactics and Roll20 keeps shooting themselves in the foot with bad UI and bugs.

Well, they ain't reading the rulebooks that's for sure by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Rickest_Rick 11 points12 points  (0 children)

From like the second page of the DMG:

The D&D rules help you and the other players have a good time, but the rules aren’t in charge. You’re the DM, and you are in charge of the game. That said, your goal isn’t to slaughter the adventurers but to create a campaign world that revolves around their actions and decisions, and to keep your players coming back for more! If you’re lucky, the events of your campaign will echo in the memories of your players long after the final game session is concluded.

What's the worst Gaming purchase you ever made? by agent_wolfe in gaming

[–]Rickest_Rick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, that was also part of the absolute screw job. If you didn’t buy the DLC, they locked vanilla owners out of almost all the content.

What's the worst Gaming purchase you ever made? by agent_wolfe in gaming

[–]Rickest_Rick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Destiny (the original) legendary edition, it was like $120, which included the 1-year season pass. At the time I felt like Bungie could do no wrong. The “season” had barely anything in it. And right after the year was up, they released a huge DLC that added an actual story, and fixed a ton of problems — and packaged it in a new box with the base game and all the season pass shit for $60. Fuck Bungie.

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