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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #1740 on: July 22, 2016, 08:29:16 pm »
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it's a fun way to spend a weeknight with friends.
People have had fun with FATAL. Saying you can have fun with friends isn't really a quality of the system, it's a quality of spending time with your friends.
One could make the case that FATAL players don't have friends, they have accomplices :P
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« Reply #1741 on: July 22, 2016, 09:15:25 pm »
I would say some games require more or less effort expenditure.
On the scale of munchkin > Hybrid, Pathfinder is a weeknight.
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« Reply #1742 on: July 23, 2016, 08:19:21 am »
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« Reply #1743 on: July 24, 2016, 04:44:47 pm »
Quote from: scrdest on July 22, 2016, 08:29:16 pm
One could make the case that FATAL players don't have friends, they have accomplices :P
I mean, I wouldn't say there's such a thing as a dedicated FATAL player. But people have run fechts in it that were a good time in the same vein as watching a terrible movie.
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« Reply #1744 on: July 26, 2016, 06:29:34 am »
Quote from: Cruxador on July 24, 2016, 04:44:47 pm
Quote from: scrdest on July 22, 2016, 08:29:16 pm
One could make the case that FATAL players don't have friends, they have accomplices :P
I mean, I wouldn't say there's such a thing as a dedicated FATAL player. But people have run fechts in it that were a good time in the same vein as watching a terrible movie.
There was at one point a dedicated FATAL forum. When that infamous review, and author rebuttal and review rebuttal happen, that community was buzzing bees for a bit.
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« Reply #1745 on: July 26, 2016, 10:36:31 pm »
Quote from: MrWiggles on July 26, 2016, 06:29:34 am
There was at one point a dedicated FATAL forum.
I'm going to need a link to that.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #1746 on: July 27, 2016, 01:04:46 pm »
Looking into hosting a PnP game for my friends. Not sure what system to use, really. I have a very little bit of experience with D&D 5e but that's basically it. None of my friends have any experience.

Any advice on what system to use and general advice? tfw you ask this in the middle of a FATAL discussion
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« Reply #1747 on: July 27, 2016, 01:32:59 pm »
How serious do you want this session to be? How mechanically complex do you want the game to be?
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« Reply #1748 on: July 27, 2016, 01:40:57 pm »
Somewhat serious, but not very. We're all between 15 and 17 years old so I don't think being serious would work out. I'd also rather have it not be very mechanically complex since everybody is new.
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Quote from: MonkeyHead on May 25, 2014, 05:36:03 am
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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« Reply #1749 on: July 27, 2016, 01:53:30 pm »
Check out Apocalypse World or Monsterhearts, those are good for easy mechanics and a variable tone.
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« Reply #1750 on: July 27, 2016, 02:03:03 pm »
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« Reply #1751 on: July 27, 2016, 02:03:33 pm »
If you have experience with 5e and no objections to it, I'd say go 5e. Relatively simple system and pretty flexible, whilst not being so nebulous that new players lose themselves in the lack of direction. That and that there's a decent amount of free content for those who are both broke and more legally minded.
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« Reply #1752 on: July 27, 2016, 02:26:06 pm »
Yeah, 5e seems like the best option, considering I have easy access to some PDFs through other friends.
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
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Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #1753 on: July 27, 2016, 02:53:02 pm »
Kobolds ate my baby?
Oh wait, no drinking.
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Re: Tabletop Games Thread
« Reply #1754 on: July 27, 2016, 03:02:46 pm »
luckily the drinking age in belgium is 16 :D
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Quote from: MonkeyHead on May 25, 2014, 05:36:03 am
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.
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