Ianlovescomix
@ianlovescomix.bsky.social
Comics fan. Tabletop RPG player. Board gamer. Middle-aged old fart. Proud dad. He/him.
#scotlandmovienights
A couple of shots of the inside of the Hippodrome. The domed ceiling is awesome.
A couple of shots of the inside of the Hippodrome. The domed ceiling is awesome.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
#scotlandmovienights
A couple of shots of the inside of the Hippodrome. The domed ceiling is awesome.
A couple of shots of the inside of the Hippodrome. The domed ceiling is awesome.
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#scotlandmovienights
I love going to “the pictures”. I know all the arguments against them - the tickets are expensive, food and drink is REALLY expensive, you can’t play on your phone while the flm’s on, if you have to go to the loo, the film carries on while you’re away.
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#scotlandmovienights
I love going to “the pictures”. I know all the arguments against them - the tickets are expensive, food and drink is REALLY expensive, you can’t play on your phone while the flm’s on, if you have to go to the loo, the film carries on while you’re away.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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#scotlandmovienights
I love going to “the pictures”. I know all the arguments against them - the tickets are expensive, food and drink is REALLY expensive, you can’t play on your phone while the flm’s on, if you have to go to the loo, the film carries on while you’re away.
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#scotlandmovienights
I love going to “the pictures”. I know all the arguments against them - the tickets are expensive, food and drink is REALLY expensive, you can’t play on your phone while the flm’s on, if you have to go to the loo, the film carries on while you’re away.
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Ah, but WHICH professional actor? Personally, I’ve always had my suspicions about Hugh Laurie.
Denmark says 'professional actor' behind drone incursions over its airports
But the defence minister says there is no evidence of Russian involvement after the latest incident.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ah, but WHICH professional actor? Personally, I’ve always had my suspicions about Hugh Laurie.
I have survived Tabletop Scotland 2025! #tts2025 Had fun running The Wizards Staff (available as part of the Odd Jobs Microsettings book from Mcguffin & Co. As is usually the case, my players leaned into the absurdity of the situation, and the farce which developed was lovely to behold.
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Odd Jobs PDF — MacGuffin & Co.
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September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I have survived Tabletop Scotland 2025! #tts2025 Had fun running The Wizards Staff (available as part of the Odd Jobs Microsettings book from Mcguffin & Co. As is usually the case, my players leaned into the absurdity of the situation, and the farce which developed was lovely to behold.
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I hate that this made me guffaw, but there you have it.
September 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I hate that this made me guffaw, but there you have it.
#RPGaDAY2025 31 - Reward
I guess, when thinking about rewards, three things come to mind.
1. Rewards in-game. Treasure, loot, titles, that sort of thing. Bit old school, but a nice way to keep PCs invested, especially if those PCs have to buy armour, weapons, magic ink.
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I guess, when thinking about rewards, three things come to mind.
1. Rewards in-game. Treasure, loot, titles, that sort of thing. Bit old school, but a nice way to keep PCs invested, especially if those PCs have to buy armour, weapons, magic ink.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 31 - Reward
I guess, when thinking about rewards, three things come to mind.
1. Rewards in-game. Treasure, loot, titles, that sort of thing. Bit old school, but a nice way to keep PCs invested, especially if those PCs have to buy armour, weapons, magic ink.
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I guess, when thinking about rewards, three things come to mind.
1. Rewards in-game. Treasure, loot, titles, that sort of thing. Bit old school, but a nice way to keep PCs invested, especially if those PCs have to buy armour, weapons, magic ink.
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#RPGaDAY2025 30 - Experience
I’m never going to be a hero. Never going be a rebel. Or an adventurer, a wizard, an ass-kicking martial artist, a time traveller. I’m just a normal(ish) guy living in what is often a fairly unpleasant world.
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I’m never going to be a hero. Never going be a rebel. Or an adventurer, a wizard, an ass-kicking martial artist, a time traveller. I’m just a normal(ish) guy living in what is often a fairly unpleasant world.
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August 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
#RPGaDAY2025 30 - Experience
I’m never going to be a hero. Never going be a rebel. Or an adventurer, a wizard, an ass-kicking martial artist, a time traveller. I’m just a normal(ish) guy living in what is often a fairly unpleasant world.
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I’m never going to be a hero. Never going be a rebel. Or an adventurer, a wizard, an ass-kicking martial artist, a time traveller. I’m just a normal(ish) guy living in what is often a fairly unpleasant world.
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#RPGaDAY2025 29 - Connect
I first ran into a game system which prompted the players to think about how their character might connect to other PCs when I started playing the Star Wars RPG in the early 90s. It was basic (“your Smuggler may have the Wookiee as copilot”), but got you thinking.
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I first ran into a game system which prompted the players to think about how their character might connect to other PCs when I started playing the Star Wars RPG in the early 90s. It was basic (“your Smuggler may have the Wookiee as copilot”), but got you thinking.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 29 - Connect
I first ran into a game system which prompted the players to think about how their character might connect to other PCs when I started playing the Star Wars RPG in the early 90s. It was basic (“your Smuggler may have the Wookiee as copilot”), but got you thinking.
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I first ran into a game system which prompted the players to think about how their character might connect to other PCs when I started playing the Star Wars RPG in the early 90s. It was basic (“your Smuggler may have the Wookiee as copilot”), but got you thinking.
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#RPGaDAY2025 28 - Suspense
Other than Dread, which creates a sense of real-world suspense through the use of a Jenga tower, are any games pitched at “suspense”, as opposed to “mystery”?
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Other than Dread, which creates a sense of real-world suspense through the use of a Jenga tower, are any games pitched at “suspense”, as opposed to “mystery”?
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August 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 28 - Suspense
Other than Dread, which creates a sense of real-world suspense through the use of a Jenga tower, are any games pitched at “suspense”, as opposed to “mystery”?
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Other than Dread, which creates a sense of real-world suspense through the use of a Jenga tower, are any games pitched at “suspense”, as opposed to “mystery”?
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#RPGaDAY2025 27 - Tactic
I don’t really do in-game tactics, I’m not smart enough for that sort of thing. Mainly, I’m trying to find my “in” to the game, the thing that’ll keep me engaged and participating, either as an active PC or as an interested player.
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I don’t really do in-game tactics, I’m not smart enough for that sort of thing. Mainly, I’m trying to find my “in” to the game, the thing that’ll keep me engaged and participating, either as an active PC or as an interested player.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 27 - Tactic
I don’t really do in-game tactics, I’m not smart enough for that sort of thing. Mainly, I’m trying to find my “in” to the game, the thing that’ll keep me engaged and participating, either as an active PC or as an interested player.
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I don’t really do in-game tactics, I’m not smart enough for that sort of thing. Mainly, I’m trying to find my “in” to the game, the thing that’ll keep me engaged and participating, either as an active PC or as an interested player.
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Excitedly waiting for the White Ruffalo to appear.
August 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Excitedly waiting for the White Ruffalo to appear.
#RPGaDAY2025 26 - Nemesis
Prospective GMs - if you’re planning on introducing a NPC nemesis to your PCs, you’d best make darn sure that the PCs can’t just kill them the first time they meet.
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Prospective GMs - if you’re planning on introducing a NPC nemesis to your PCs, you’d best make darn sure that the PCs can’t just kill them the first time they meet.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 26 - Nemesis
Prospective GMs - if you’re planning on introducing a NPC nemesis to your PCs, you’d best make darn sure that the PCs can’t just kill them the first time they meet.
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Prospective GMs - if you’re planning on introducing a NPC nemesis to your PCs, you’d best make darn sure that the PCs can’t just kill them the first time they meet.
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Post a Movie GIF from the year you were born.
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Post a Movie GIF from the year you were born.
#RPGaDAY2025 25 - Challenge
Challenge Magazine was an RPG magazine which ran for a decade from the mid-80s, covering Game Designers’ Workshops’ own games for the first few years, then expanding out to the wider hobby, lasting 77 issues (though not really as the numbering started from #25).
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Challenge Magazine was an RPG magazine which ran for a decade from the mid-80s, covering Game Designers’ Workshops’ own games for the first few years, then expanding out to the wider hobby, lasting 77 issues (though not really as the numbering started from #25).
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August 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 25 - Challenge
Challenge Magazine was an RPG magazine which ran for a decade from the mid-80s, covering Game Designers’ Workshops’ own games for the first few years, then expanding out to the wider hobby, lasting 77 issues (though not really as the numbering started from #25).
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Challenge Magazine was an RPG magazine which ran for a decade from the mid-80s, covering Game Designers’ Workshops’ own games for the first few years, then expanding out to the wider hobby, lasting 77 issues (though not really as the numbering started from #25).
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Jack Kirby knew the score.
Jack Kirby story from 1959 ("I Fought the Colossus," Strange Tales # 72) predicts AI would be developed by 2020 and that one major fear would be that it would start giving the wrong answers to questions and "wreck civilization." Gotta love the 1950s giant mainframes.
August 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Jack Kirby knew the score.
#RPGaDAY2025 24 - Reveal
It’s always fun to do an unexpected reveal in an RPG. For the GM, it’s a chance to widen the scope of a campaign, take the game off in a new direction, or just shake things up a bit. For the players, it gives them new problems to worry about.
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It’s always fun to do an unexpected reveal in an RPG. For the GM, it’s a chance to widen the scope of a campaign, take the game off in a new direction, or just shake things up a bit. For the players, it gives them new problems to worry about.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#RPGaDAY2025 24 - Reveal
It’s always fun to do an unexpected reveal in an RPG. For the GM, it’s a chance to widen the scope of a campaign, take the game off in a new direction, or just shake things up a bit. For the players, it gives them new problems to worry about.
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It’s always fun to do an unexpected reveal in an RPG. For the GM, it’s a chance to widen the scope of a campaign, take the game off in a new direction, or just shake things up a bit. For the players, it gives them new problems to worry about.
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#RPGaDAY2025 23 - Recent
Most Recent Games I’ve Played:
1. Troubleshooters - current weekly(ish) Sunday game, in which I play a Jason King analogue, hanging around with nosy parkers to investigate mysteries
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Most Recent Games I’ve Played:
1. Troubleshooters - current weekly(ish) Sunday game, in which I play a Jason King analogue, hanging around with nosy parkers to investigate mysteries
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August 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#RPGaDAY2025 23 - Recent
Most Recent Games I’ve Played:
1. Troubleshooters - current weekly(ish) Sunday game, in which I play a Jason King analogue, hanging around with nosy parkers to investigate mysteries
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Most Recent Games I’ve Played:
1. Troubleshooters - current weekly(ish) Sunday game, in which I play a Jason King analogue, hanging around with nosy parkers to investigate mysteries
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#RPGaDAY2025 22 - Ally
So, we did Patron a while ago. What’s the difference between a Patron and an Ally? I suppose in player terms, a Patron is the person who you do stuff for, in return for money or some other benefit.
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So, we did Patron a while ago. What’s the difference between a Patron and an Ally? I suppose in player terms, a Patron is the person who you do stuff for, in return for money or some other benefit.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 22 - Ally
So, we did Patron a while ago. What’s the difference between a Patron and an Ally? I suppose in player terms, a Patron is the person who you do stuff for, in return for money or some other benefit.
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So, we did Patron a while ago. What’s the difference between a Patron and an Ally? I suppose in player terms, a Patron is the person who you do stuff for, in return for money or some other benefit.
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#RPGaDAY2025 21 - Unexpected.
As a player, unexpected events are only to be, er, expected. Unless your GM has been throwing prophecies around left right and centre, the future is filled with surprises, and your best chance to avoid unexpected events is to seize control of the narrative,
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As a player, unexpected events are only to be, er, expected. Unless your GM has been throwing prophecies around left right and centre, the future is filled with surprises, and your best chance to avoid unexpected events is to seize control of the narrative,
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August 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 21 - Unexpected.
As a player, unexpected events are only to be, er, expected. Unless your GM has been throwing prophecies around left right and centre, the future is filled with surprises, and your best chance to avoid unexpected events is to seize control of the narrative,
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As a player, unexpected events are only to be, er, expected. Unless your GM has been throwing prophecies around left right and centre, the future is filled with surprises, and your best chance to avoid unexpected events is to seize control of the narrative,
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#RPGaDAY2025 20 - Enter
“Enter freely and of your own free will!” A sure sign that the GM has decided to bring The Spooky to your light-hearted game. Prepare for bats, bodices, bad girls, and BLOOD!!
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“Enter freely and of your own free will!” A sure sign that the GM has decided to bring The Spooky to your light-hearted game. Prepare for bats, bodices, bad girls, and BLOOD!!
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August 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 20 - Enter
“Enter freely and of your own free will!” A sure sign that the GM has decided to bring The Spooky to your light-hearted game. Prepare for bats, bodices, bad girls, and BLOOD!!
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“Enter freely and of your own free will!” A sure sign that the GM has decided to bring The Spooky to your light-hearted game. Prepare for bats, bodices, bad girls, and BLOOD!!
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#RPGaDAY2025 19 - Destiny
I’ve used destiny in a couple of ways as a GM. A vague prophecy that gave some structure to my superhero game, that more or less paid off (it gave the players things to speculate, and me an opportunity to smirk knowingly at them),
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I’ve used destiny in a couple of ways as a GM. A vague prophecy that gave some structure to my superhero game, that more or less paid off (it gave the players things to speculate, and me an opportunity to smirk knowingly at them),
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August 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 19 - Destiny
I’ve used destiny in a couple of ways as a GM. A vague prophecy that gave some structure to my superhero game, that more or less paid off (it gave the players things to speculate, and me an opportunity to smirk knowingly at them),
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I’ve used destiny in a couple of ways as a GM. A vague prophecy that gave some structure to my superhero game, that more or less paid off (it gave the players things to speculate, and me an opportunity to smirk knowingly at them),
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#RPGaDAY2025 18 - Sign
Signs to look out for, prospective GM!
1. Disengaged players - are they playing with their phones? Reading the paper? Frantically digging an escape tunnel? It’s possible you need to retool your game to better suit their interests.
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Signs to look out for, prospective GM!
1. Disengaged players - are they playing with their phones? Reading the paper? Frantically digging an escape tunnel? It’s possible you need to retool your game to better suit their interests.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#RPGaDAY2025 18 - Sign
Signs to look out for, prospective GM!
1. Disengaged players - are they playing with their phones? Reading the paper? Frantically digging an escape tunnel? It’s possible you need to retool your game to better suit their interests.
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Signs to look out for, prospective GM!
1. Disengaged players - are they playing with their phones? Reading the paper? Frantically digging an escape tunnel? It’s possible you need to retool your game to better suit their interests.
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#RPGaDAY2025 17 - Renew
In a world that can be exhausting, RPG conventions renew my enthusiasm, for the hobby, and in general. It’s always good to play with new people, hearing the random thoughts that emerge under gaming conditions, and seeing what games are grabbing people’s interest.
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In a world that can be exhausting, RPG conventions renew my enthusiasm, for the hobby, and in general. It’s always good to play with new people, hearing the random thoughts that emerge under gaming conditions, and seeing what games are grabbing people’s interest.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#RPGaDAY2025 17 - Renew
In a world that can be exhausting, RPG conventions renew my enthusiasm, for the hobby, and in general. It’s always good to play with new people, hearing the random thoughts that emerge under gaming conditions, and seeing what games are grabbing people’s interest.
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In a world that can be exhausting, RPG conventions renew my enthusiasm, for the hobby, and in general. It’s always good to play with new people, hearing the random thoughts that emerge under gaming conditions, and seeing what games are grabbing people’s interest.
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Airecon NW Day 1. Ok, technically it’s day 2, but i only arrived last night. So really it’s day 1. So there.
Arrived in time to meet the infamous Simon Burley (of Comics Code and Manifold fame), and inflict myself on his code of Steam & Steel game. Hopefully he wasn’t too traumatised.
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Arrived in time to meet the infamous Simon Burley (of Comics Code and Manifold fame), and inflict myself on his code of Steam & Steel game. Hopefully he wasn’t too traumatised.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Airecon NW Day 1. Ok, technically it’s day 2, but i only arrived last night. So really it’s day 1. So there.
Arrived in time to meet the infamous Simon Burley (of Comics Code and Manifold fame), and inflict myself on his code of Steam & Steel game. Hopefully he wasn’t too traumatised.
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Arrived in time to meet the infamous Simon Burley (of Comics Code and Manifold fame), and inflict myself on his code of Steam & Steel game. Hopefully he wasn’t too traumatised.
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#RPGaDAY2025 16 - Overcome
Players don’t like to lose. Or is that only certain types of player, or people whose formative gaming experiences were playing a certain time of game?
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Players don’t like to lose. Or is that only certain types of player, or people whose formative gaming experiences were playing a certain time of game?
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August 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#RPGaDAY2025 16 - Overcome
Players don’t like to lose. Or is that only certain types of player, or people whose formative gaming experiences were playing a certain time of game?
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Players don’t like to lose. Or is that only certain types of player, or people whose formative gaming experiences were playing a certain time of game?
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