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He/him. Not actually a bear. #ttrpg enthusiast, witch lover, game designer. avi by
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erikthebearik.carrd.coJoined March 2013
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What are some indie ttrpgs that would work better than #DnD for school environments or younger audiences?
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Peter (Autism Affirming D&D DM, M.Ed.)
@RollForKindness
Forbes article on Chris Pine's statement on using #dnd in schools- I feel like this is the beginning of a much larger conversation about educational RPGs. forbes.com/sites/erikkain
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What are some tabletop rpg's that do airships and/or swashbuckling better than #DnD? Lady Blackbird springs to mind when I hear the word "airship", but I'm sure there's others!
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Matt Joro | DungeonGlitch 🌻
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#DnD Fun Prompt 🌻 Your character gets an airship of their very own. 🚀 What color is it? What do they name it? (If you think you'd enjoy a 5e game with airship combat and swashbuckling action - I found a dope project you might love)
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What are examples of indie ttrpgs that do player character motivations better than #DnD? Forged in the Dark's vices and Ironsworn's vows spring to mind, but what are some other examples?
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AaronThePedantic
@AaronThePedant
A common mistake I see in new #DnD players is creating characters that aren’t motivated to adventure in a general sense. While specific motivations are great, they can cause issues where there’s no more good reason for them to continue once their specific motivation has is gone.
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At the end of the day, hiring consultants doesn't fix the issue, since they can just take your feedback, nod, smile, and throw it right in the trash. Like they did to PanzerLion. You want diverse games, you need to buy games made by diverse creators.
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I'd bet WotC does have some mixed race people on staff, but they probably listen to them about as much as they listened to Orion a few years back.
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LegalKimchi Youtube
@legalkimchi
I just want @Wizards_DnD to get some mixed race people to consult on things about mixed race characters. It doesn't have to be me. There are a ton of folks in the ttrpg space. And get more than one. Get a group.
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This is a part of the reason why #DnD's complexity is a feature, not a bug. By setting the baseline of learning the game at a high level, they set the (incorrect) assumption that learning any other game would be as difficult to learn and encourage the sunk cost fallacy.
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@SidneyIcarus
D&D doesn't want to grow the digital landscape to capture more people, that's what the movie does. D&D wants to invest existing players in proprietary software and system because it's harder for you to move over to a new system if your main digital platform only supports D&D.
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Here's a few cool things happening in the indie space to make things more equitable: -Paizo is unionizing -
@SandyPugGames
does profit sharing and collective ownership -
@FarHorizonsCoop
is a Co-Op, meaning its democratically controlled What are some other examples?
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KP Upadhyayula
@KP11Studios
I ask you, genuinely, wtf y’all are doing different that is bringing about change? How the fuck are you supporting us minority folks? Cause where I see it from, I see a lot of couch warriors attacking LGBTQIA/BIPOC/Disabled doing the work while doing shit all themselves
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queer wizard
@a_queer_wizard
‘We can’t play other games because they are also bad’ Like … I’m sorry but you’re literally just lying. It’s actually demonstrably false that queer and marginalised creators can’t make it in this industry outside of DnD because it’s equally hostile. Make something yourself.
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KP Upadhyayula
@KP11Studios
So I will not have a white man dismiss the tough uphill battle we had to face to get the modicum of respect & space to be heard. We can’t just “play something else” because this attitude is endemic to the entire TTRPG, & entertainment industry in general. We can’t go anywhere
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If this is the case, you all should really think about unionizing or doing some sort of internal organization, because I think it's pretty clear that WotC doesn't have your best interests at heart and are trying to make it so you can't make a living off of #DnD.
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KP Upadhyayula
@KP11Studios
Because: - thousands of regular folks, employed & freelance, still rely on the largest TTRPG business for their livelihood. - If possible, bringing positive change to the largest business will help change the direction of the overall industry twitter.com/BeskarTom/stat…
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Jeff Stormer
@PartyOfOnePod
Leaving D&D, or even more accurately Wizards of the Coast & Hasbro, behind remains the single best decision we ever made for Party of One. We don't need them. We don't want them. And we're building opportunities and spotlighting a wider, cooler world of games outside of them.
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Looking at what WotC staff have said about the #DnD summit, it's pretty clear that they got what the wanted out of it. It doesn't seem like they're too concerned about third-party creator / influencer pushback or the critique that was voiced.
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Noora Rose
@rosesonhergrave
The sad thing is that just by inviting a bunch of racialized/LGBTQIA2S+ people and pretending to listen wotc has largely redeemed itself in the eyes of the influencer class without having actually committed to substantive change in any direction. back to business as usual.
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That said, cautioning people away from the dreary sort of "become a cog in the system you hate" game that most cyberpunk games seem tailored for is a solid idea, from a gameplay perspective if nothing else. Playing as a Blade Runner starts to suck _very_ quickly in a ttrpg format
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@ErikTheBearik
I'd really like to be a fly on the wall of whatever Microsoft exec's office who has to explain why they purchased "Dungeons and Dragons" for their game that already features both dungeons, and, if I'm not mistaken, at least one dragon.
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This is an old-school Monte Cook-ism.
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Bronwyn
@softcorgamegirl
I don’t usually participate in a lot of the ttrpg discord because I am of the belief that everyone should do what is fun at their table and the arguments just keep being the same circling around again and again so Im just gonna drop this here
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Di (Another Day)
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All right all right all right! The Brigands are split, the time is upon us, and the countdown is... final. One can't retreat. One is being... puppetted. Two are unaware of the trouble their friends are in. So in other words: we're all good. Live now, we'll be there soon!
A promo image for "Tales From the Brinkwood", a streamed tabletop game. The title is top left, and beside it the information: "Season finale: double feature" In the centre bottom is white text saying: Saturday 25.03 and Sunday 26.03, 8pm CET @ twitch.tv/balrog1911 Against a crimson wood-textured background are five silvered panels, three in a row in the centre and two on either bottom side, each with a headshot of the players.
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