#TTRPGs, as game systems, are sort on inimical to making the kinds of profits that large corporations like Hasbro are looking for. A good #RPG system is a durable good that doesn't really need to be "upgraded" or "replaced", once a good, balanced set of rules is developed, and that's why the profit potential for the core game is limited.
That being said, the possibilities for setting, scenario, and session are limitless in terms of profitable, licensable IP and goods.
LRT: made me think about the fact that, although I think there's a lot of things about #DnD that I don't like in terms of good game design, I am more interested in playing #TTRPGs than I am in debating good game design. I'll put up with #DnD5E, if it means playing versus not playing.
Hasbro has not been a great steward of the hobby. They would be smart to spin-off WotC into a design studio, and make D&D licensed goods.
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The Marvel Superheros RPG I used to love playing in the 1990s used a Karma system. It was the 1980s "MSHRPG" made by TSR. Very complex and quite good system, honestly, although I'm not a gaming expert by any means: neither video, nor board games, nor #ttrpgs.
If you were a good guy, doing good things would increase your karma. Doing bad things would decrease or even wipe out your karma.
If you were a bad guy, doing bad things would increase your karma.
There were many times that the heroes would attempt to neutralize a foe but go just a little too far, leading to the villain dying. That would zero out the hero's karma, a phenomenon we liked to call the "Karma Toilet." IIRC, one of us would actually play a .wav file of a toilet flushing when it happened, or walk to the nearest bathroom and flush a toilet, or something.
Man, the 90s were fun. I really miss constructive boredom and community.
Are you ready to join a dark & supernatural circus?
Time to play RINGMASTER - a GM-less #ttrpg where you explore your life in the circus through prompt cards.
In honour of World Circus Day, we're having a sale on @drivethrurpg !
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/500227/ringmaster?affiliate_id=1059651
Available as a gorgeous tarot-sized deck, a print-and-play PDF, or Roll20 digital title.
Saturday - #RPG Meet & Greet - find a new group to play #ttrpgs @ Side Quest Books and Games in #SomervilleMA #UnionSquare
https://www.instagram.com/p/DIRLLAKAF4I/
#BostonGeek #BostonWeekend 15/x
I don't really enjoy virtual tabletop ttrpgs played online.
There, I've said it.
Monday Qabarat Inspiration
Artist: Sophus Jacobsen (1833–1912)
The harbor lake on a moonlit night. Could it be some Raumoeva stealing in? Or away?
There's a free PDF quickstart of the not-yet-published Space: 1999 TTRPG posted on #drivethrurpg now. I loved this show as a kid. #scifi #scifittrpg #scifittrpgs #ttrpg #ttrpgs #rpg #rpgs #scifihttps://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/516732/space-1999-quickstart-guide-pdf
Hey #ttrpgCommunity! What were the first two #ttrpgs you played? Do you remember either of those games fondly? Do you still play them? Have you outgrown them? #tttrpg #dnd #rpg
Mid-Week Lashunta Inspiration
Artist: Hans Zatzka - Symphony of the Water Nymphs
Could be some Damaya idling by the riverside. Just add antennae.
#QuestionOfTheDay: What's the middle child of a franchise/series that you like? By middle child I mean like not the ones people love and remember but not the black sheeps either that are cult classics or make "underrated" lists. Like the ones that get forgotten and get no discourse.
I reflect on the idea of “prep is play” advocated in the #Ironsworn #Starforged roleplaying game, how it applies to most preparatory aspects of #TTRPGS, and how this game in particular makes fine-tuning setting elements to one’s own tastes an essential part of play.
https://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2025/04/prep-is-play.html
Hi! I'm Crescendo and I make music for games, ttrpgs and whatnot. Need a BGM? Hit me up! Currently open for work 
contact@crescendotto.com
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Where to find us this week:
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It feels like there has to be something for #TTRPGs as a medium beyond copying theater, TV, film, radioplays, etc.
Imitation is self-destruction. What does this medium do that others cannot?
Strip away the idea of storytelling being the goal and really consider it. I wanna see it.
We played a two hour one shot of The Dragon's Egg today at library game day. I had a strong table with four PCs who did successfully steal the dragon's egg.
From the DM's perspective the time flew by and the players all enjoyed it too.
The Dragon's Egg features exploration, puzzles, and combat. Combat is performed with pools of D6 dice. PCs start combat with 5 D6s. You lose dice if you're hit or if you roll all 1s. when you run out of dice you are unconscious.
Latigo y Daga Combative Attack at Speed
This is a filipino martial art that includes the whip as a weapon. This is a 55s video of an instructor demonstrating the whip as a weapon. If you want to visualize wielding one in combat. It's p. intense apparently
Let's take this from the top, one last time.
I'm Diotima (obv not my real name) and I'm:
- A tiefling (horns and a tail, yes)
- Kind of obsessed with #BaldursGate3
- Writer of stuffs, SFW and NSFW.
I'm silly & weird. But my soul is also full of broken glass and rusted metal. Consider that like, fair warning.
Likes: #BG3, #ttrpgs, #adventure, #spicy things, and #travel.
Dislikes: Reply guys, fashies, and other icky things.
So there. That's it. That's the #introduction.
