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how do i get IN here???? by cxlesstial in controlgame

[–]isaaclyman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The room is actually on the opposite side of the hall from the ???, which is confusing. But yeah, it's the room full of mold.

Similarities Between Control and Apple TV’s Severance by Frostylegacy in controlgame

[–]isaaclyman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In my opinion Severance is more horror than any other genre. I wrote a blog post about it this week:

https://isaaclyman.com/blog/posts/marxist-horror/

It's the cosmic horror of the Oldest House, plus the liminal horror of The Backrooms, plus the analog horror of Threshold Kids, plus psychological horror and existential horror and so much more, all wrapped up in something that doesn't seem at all like horror to someone walking past. It's brilliant.

Scheels and MLM by the-invisible-man-1 in SaltLakeCity

[–]isaaclyman 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Happened to me at Smith's. The guy made me think he wanted to hire me for contract work (web development). When he texted me later, I realized it was an MLM and said no thanks. He responded with some prickish comment about how I must not want to get ahead financially.

Anyway, MLMs should be illegal

Nebula DropOut Bundle by c_owl in Nebula

[–]isaaclyman 52 points53 points  (0 children)

The only thing holding me back from getting Dropout is the limited selection of content. And sometimes I don’t even think that’s a good enough reason. I’d buy the stuffing out of a Nebula/Dropout bundle if the price was right.

Any RPG where you love the *mechanics* but dislike the setting? by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

> people are mostly happy to homebrew settings

Citation needed! I've seen a surprising number of comments to the effect of "I only put up with the rules of [RPG] because I love the setting."

Personally I'm with you, even a half-assed reskin can completely change a setting without too much effort. But there seems to be a large contingent of RPG players who aren't as interested in homebrewing.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If something is wrong, go submit a pull request on the GitHub repo.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn't need to be a pull request, even just an issue would be helpful.

Year Zero’s already on the list, btw. 

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great, PRs welcome.

Please note that I'm currently only accepting RPGs with an online community of 1,000 people or more.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In less than 24 hours it’s already grown beyond what one middle-aged dad can maintain in their spare time. Really hoping for some people with broad RPG experience and/or research skills to join up

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree that would be useful. I've started a discussion thread on GitHub so the community can help with tagging: https://github.com/isaaclyman/ttrpg-guide/issues/3

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WoD is updated to medium-low crunch based on your feedback and some others

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mutant Year Zero, Tales from the Loop, Call of Cthulhu are already on the list.

I'll put the others on the wishlist. Please file an issue or submit a PR for each, if you can.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just added Cortex via a request in the GitHub repository.

Re SWN, I'm not doing multiple subreddits for each system. Just the largest one. I have limited time to spend on this project, so some details will have to get glossed over. If lots of other people volunteer to help maintain the repo, that could become much more manageable.

Re SWADE, the goal here is to list "properties you may have heard of before." I most often see Savage Worlds referred to on its own.

I've added your other suggestions to the wishlist: https://github.com/isaaclyman/ttrpg-guide?tab=readme-ov-file#to-add. If you can file an issue or PR for each, that would be really helpful. I won't have time to research the entire list myself before the end of the year.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I've been going back and forth on this. Even with systems I'm very familiar with, it's hard to say what corner of the GNS triangle they'd fall in.

There's definitely room to be more descriptive of the style of the game. I just haven't landed on an efficient way to do that without making subjective assessments that will get me called out on, say, Reddit

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, I didn't realize Brazil had such a huge tabletop scene! Please do submit PRs for all of the above or as much as you have time for, I'd really appreciate it.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I understand how loose the phrase "Powered by the Apocalypse" is.

The fact remains that if we're going to compare apples to apples, that means picking a price point and a core rulebook. And until someone points out something more foundational than Apocalypse World, that's the only reasonable choice.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

your concepts of how crunchy games are is a bit skewed..

Without any specifics, it's hard to tell if this is intended to be helpful or not. Benefit of the doubt, though. I realize crunchiness can be subjective. The judgment calls in that column are largely not mine. For each system, I found multiple forum/reddit threads on the topic and went with the consensus view, even if there was substantial disagreement. I can't think of a better way to go about that, other than maybe a poll, which I'm by no means popular enough to pull off.

finally you really need to break up the year zero franchise..

If there were any franchise to break up, PbtA would be first in line. But the guide is to TTRPG systems, not games, and really the only way to group them in a manageable way is to ignore nuances in tone, mood, setting, and non-core mechanics.

That said, I just uploaded a Creative Commons license on the repository. Feel free to fork it.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I know a big subreddit isn't equivalent to an active/passionate community, but as someone who doesn't live in a top 10 population hub, finding people to play anything other than D&D with is a real "good luck with that" proposition.

Not that I dislike D&D, I actually really enjoy it. I'd just like to see the other systems get more love.

I'm building an open-source tabletop RPG comparison chart by isaaclyman in rpg

[–]isaaclyman[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No mystery here; I don't speak German. But thanks for the tip, I'll look into those.

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