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[scriver]

...am I too late? Is there any place where you can see this kind of stuff when it happens?

[Mephisto]

The only one you're too late for would be 3/5 of this selection of WoD 20th Anniversary stuff. I'll see about coming up with a list this evening but you can find a bunch by looking around on DriveThruRPG. I buy too many games so I've been notified of most of them by publisher emails via DTRPG or Kickstarter.

A few highlights (if not linked, it's on DTRPG):

The Dark Eye
Teenagers from Outerspace
Fantasy AGE
The Fantasy Trip: Melee
This Call of Cthulhu coloring book
Buncha supers stuff

And if you're into online game shenanigans, Astral Tabletop is upgrading everyone to pro until the end of April.


Evening edit: Rather than make a bunch of posts, I'll just keep updating this one.

Deadlands Marshal's Handbook and Player's Guide
Buncha miscellaneous games - Troika gets a big recommend from me.

[scriver]

Thanks a lot! I downloaded the bunch because why not.

Well, except the Dark Eye. Damn Germans passive aggressively saying it's free and then trying to guilt trip you anyway. Not today, Hermann

[pikachu17]

While off-topic, some steam games like Darkest Dungeon are 75% off now.

[Kadzar]

Thanks a lot! I downloaded the bunch because why not.

Well, except the Dark Eye. Damn Germans passive aggressively saying it's free and then trying to guilt trip you anyway. Not today, Hermann

you're talking about the suggested price? My personal view is that I wouldn't have bothered with the system otherwise, and, if I do like it, I might buy supplements or whatever. As it is, I'm just using this as an opportunity to check it out, since I've heard it bandied about occasionally.

While off-topic, some steam games like Darkest Dungeon are 75% off now.

That's probably more appropriate for The Sales Thread.

[scriver]

Thanks a lot! I downloaded the bunch because why not.

Well, except the Dark Eye. Damn Germans passive aggressively saying it's free and then trying to guilt trip you anyway. Not today, Hermann

you're talking about the suggested price? My personal view is that I wouldn't have bothered with the system otherwise, and, if I do like it, I might buy supplements or whatever. As it is, I'm just using this as an opportunity to check it out, since I've heard it bandied about occasionally.

Yeah it just took me by surprise since the other ones were free. Once I had gotten over it I downloaded it for free anyway.

Wiley Germans. I won't let them get the better of me.

[Persus13]

Pay What You Want with a developer suggested price is a fairly standard pricing scheme for DTRPG.

[Jimmy]

Well, the pandemic has precipitated the death of my weekly game night. One of my players has confirmed contact with a COVID-19 carrier and is in isolation. Another one recently traveled overseas. The others don't want to do face-games until the worst is over.

Ah well.

[scriver]

The era of social gatherings has ended! This is the time of facecall oneshots.

[Mephisto]

I'm already in a new VoIP game but it's not enough. I foresee having to get over my dislike of forum play real soon.

[itisnotlogical]

I've never actually played or ran a play-by-post game. I ran a very short-lived RTD, but that barely counts because I didn't know what I was doing and lost interest before page 3.

[Cthulhu]

I did one once, it didn't last very long.  Play by Post is just abysmally slow and actually even more reliant on people not flaking out since every delay in somebody's post is just dragging things out even longer.

[Iduno]

I've never actually played or ran a play-by-post game. I ran a very short-lived RTD, but that barely counts because I didn't know what I was doing and lost interest before page 3.

I played in one that lasted about 2 weeks, and 1.5 rounds of combat.  It works better for games with chess with less actively going on.

[Persus13]

PbP, much like other formats, requires a good group to sustain. Platforms like Discord in my experience seem to work better for PbP than a traditional internet forum though.

[Cruxador]

Well, the pandemic has precipitated the death of my weekly game night. One of my players has confirmed contact with a COVID-19 carrier and is in isolation. Another one recently traveled overseas. The others don't want to do face-games until the worst is over.

Ah well.

Consider using voicechat (Discord is currently the preeminent supplier) and coupling it with Roll20 if you want a setup more elaborate than theater of the mind. Although it can be a hassle to transition to it if you've got all your stuff in the realm of physical reality, it's very handy for this sort of situation.