I definitely agree that the beauty of ttrpgs is how many different things they can be to different people. We’ve got very different styles, but I think it’s great you’ve found a way to play that works for you and your table!

I definitely dislike the idea of stopping the action and suggesting a direction. For my games I always try to aim for immersion, and this would really take me out of it.

I think you might have gotten the wrong idea about how I approach it, though. Part of keeping things surprising and impartial is avoiding changing things all the time secretly. That being said, I don’t believe in a hard and fast rule of never fudging anything.

Here’s an example where I would consider it. The players have been trying really hard to overcome an obstacle, and have had many setbacks already. They come up with an exciting and novel solution, but a bad roll happens on my end that would end this great idea in another failure. Because they’ve earned it by this point, and it will make for a more exciting game, I would likely fudge that roll and give it to them. I would do this in secret, because calling attention to it deflates the experience for the players.

I see the GM as a storyteller and entertainer, whose primary goal is to immerse the players into a story, and to create an exciting and unpredictable experience. Not everyone will view things like I do, and that’s fine, but I wanted to clarify what I mean anyway. Hopefully that makes more sense now.

I agree with this. I’ve always seen the rules as a framework to assist in collaborative story telling and keep things impartial and surprising. At any point where they begin to do more harm than good, we can change them.

Definitely check out the myst remake, as it has modern movement available (and it’s gorgeous). These two games are basically puzzle game masterpieces and remembered so fondly for a reason. Hope you enjoy them. 🙂

Mobile games make more money than the entire rest of the gaming sector combined.

Thanks for the ramble!

I believe that’s called perfectionism and imposter syndrome. Just remember it’s a story in your head and don’t give it more credence than it deserves.

Would there be any interest (or does it already exist) for a community dedicated to indie shoutouts? I picture somewhere specifically for fans and devs to call attention to good games without marketing budgets or their own work in the case of devs.

Ain’t that the truth

Thanks for the answer 👍

I’ll be honest I have no clue what these memes are about

Shitty corporate backed agency supports corpos. More news at 11.

This game literally gave me a mind altering experience. The point at the end as you walk towards the light, I started to be unsure if I was controlling the character anymore or not, and it was actually quite dissociating like a psychedelic experience (I was sober at the time for the record). Truly incredible moment that no other game has pulled off.

Caprese is basically a fruit salad if you think about it.

Don’t unmonetized videos still play ads sometimes? I seem to remember that being a really questionable conflict of interest issue a while back (because it would mean it’s technically more profitable for youtube to demonetize your videos than monetize them).

“I was just visiting my friend, a six foot white male”

A little weirder. Context is everything.

I was there for a while after leaving reddit. It was one of the hardest self-destructs I’ve ever seen. That dev actually had something good and growing at the time.

Wow TIL. Around here there are so many plain chip options, and Doritos are exclusively flavor blasted.

What the heck is a plain dorito

Memes teach culture if nothing else.