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Discuss this important, hard-hitting question.
started by Rufus Roswell Mar 16, 2019 Last page
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This is a thing that I am seeing referenced obliquely through several of the threads in this forum, and I thought it was...
started by Four-in-Hand Games Mar 23, 2019
37 replies
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started by kittyfuwun210 Jun 22, 2021
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I am working on a board game on my free time and plan to publish it on itch.io soon. In terms of accessibility all the p...
started by yanin Apr 05, 2022
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It's a common perception in online RPG discussions to view discussions of RPG Theory as either inherently toxic or so li...
started by GameMaru Mar 05, 2021
15 replies
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So RPGs come from a rich history of war gaming with the saving throw and officer rules being the most direct connection...
started by Please Don't Play These Games Dec 25, 2020
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Hello everyone! My name is Brendan and I'm very new to the itch.io community. My first project is a tabletop rpg game Di...
started by flayedmanbooks Jun 09, 2020
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So, this spring I made a (computerized) gamebook. I'm happy with how it came out. Success was moderate, but there's stil...
started by No Time To Play Dec 26, 2019
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Recently, writing up rules / guidelines on how to prep a campaign or even a session seems to have kind of fallen out of...
started by ErikTheBearik Jun 27, 2019
5 replies
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I don't know if it happens to other (would-be) game designers but the other day I got struck by an idea SO good and stro...
started by Tyrannoeil May 11, 2019
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I'm working on a solo LARP, something I've never done before. I'm curious about people's thoughts: what makes a solo LAR...
started by Giantkiller Industries May 03, 2019
9 replies
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Very few games come with narrative guidance tools, and I think that's a shame. Lets talk about Narrative Guidance. Most...
started by Sandy Pug Games Mar 16, 2019
59 replies
4,152 views
I'm really interested in exploring how the notion of performance informs and shapes gameplay in the tabletop space. Ther...
started by Caro Asercion Mar 16, 2019
16 replies
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I wasn't sure where to put this; it came up since I am working on a Belonging Outside Belonging game, which has explicit...
started by RourkeBywater Mar 26, 2019
7 replies
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Let's talk about plots! ................................................... 1. DEFEATING EVIL Here's the basic plot of a...
started by Levi Kornelsen Mar 20, 2019
11 replies
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Howdy! I have a blog where I talk a lot about design theory. I have a bunch of posts on there that folks might be intere...
started by Goat Song Publishing Mar 20, 2019
1 reply
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You want theory? I gots theory. Three posts. Let's start with a glossary of “Kinds of fun”. It's not complete by any...
started by Levi Kornelsen Mar 16, 2019
13 replies
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Preamble Feel free to chop this up or have a go at it. I've been bouncing this idea around for a while in my head, and w...
started by Halfling Caravan Games Mar 19, 2019
5 replies
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Serious question for those who advocate for the use of safety tools for all RPG tables: would you also require safety to...
started by Questing Beast Mar 16, 2019
28 replies
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