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New month, new chat thread. Post all derails here, don't be a lovely poster, etc. I hear there's a Superbowl soon, so: Sports! Ever run a sports-themed session or played any cool sports-themed games you'd recommend? 
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Feb 1, 2015 07:17
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Huh, the Mythic Africa book for Ars Magica is already here.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:19
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Ettin posted:I hear there's a Superbowl soon, so: Sports! Ever run a sports-themed session or played any cool sports-themed games you'd recommend? Also no.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:20
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I really wanna play Thunder Alley also, wanna know what's a great rabbit hole for discussion? trying to define what is and is not a sport. cheerleading? nascar? fighting? how about golf or bowling? have fun in the quagmire...
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Feb 1, 2015 07:20
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Lord Frisk posted:I really wanna play Thunder Alley Wait, so with that name it's NOT about F-105s shooting and getting shot in Vietnam? Laaaaaaame 
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Feb 1, 2015 07:21
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There was this one time I was playing 4e and while we were trying to close a dimensional vortex, an impromptu game of Blood Bowl broke out involving a treeman.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:22
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Blood Bowl constantly shows up in our RPGs as a sport across the multiverse, does that count?
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Feb 1, 2015 07:23
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Ettin, your new avatar's creepy as gently caress.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:23
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it's a modron, yo
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Feb 1, 2015 07:23
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welp this sure is a thread.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:23
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Sports: My 13th Age campaign had a game of Warball and had PCs enter the wrestling ring a few times. Those were mostly combat encounters with a few odd twists and extra things to do on your turn. The one I'm a player in is in the middle of a Wacky Races-style marathon between cities.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:24
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February is the worst month. e: because it contains both my birthday and Valentine's Day. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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Feb 1, 2015 07:27
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man, it got racist in here really quick
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Feb 1, 2015 07:27
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Lord Frisk posted:man, it got racist in here really quick Wait, huh? Where? 
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Feb 1, 2015 07:32
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Libertad! posted:Ettin, your new avatar's creepy as gently caress. I'm an adventurer. I have a helm.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:32
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Davin Valkri posted:Wait, huh? Where? He/she (delete whichever is inappropriate) is making fun of my post.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:37
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Davin Valkri posted:Wait, huh? Where? Evil Mastermind posted:February is the worst month. It's also black history month in the US and this joke was low hanging fruit.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:38
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Lord Frisk posted:It's also black history month in the US and this joke was low hanging fruit.  I'm a bad person.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:39
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A game where you determine the pitch by pitch results of a baseball game with dice rolls influenced by a player's stats makes so much sense that I couldn't imagine that someone hasn't tried it yet.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:43
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At least your birthday isn't the leap year. One if my best drinking buddies is technically only 6...
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Feb 1, 2015 07:44
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gradenko_2000 posted:A game where you determine the pitch by pitch results of a baseball game with dice rolls influenced by a player's stats makes so much sense that I couldn't imagine that someone hasn't tried it yet. quote:To be fair, wasn't Sembia originally supposed to be the equivalent of Glorantha's "Blank lands" where you can basically make up whatever you want for your campaign? Babylon Astronaut fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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Feb 1, 2015 07:53
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gradenko_2000 posted:A game where you determine the pitch by pitch results of a baseball game with dice rolls influenced by a player's stats makes so much sense that I couldn't imagine that someone hasn't tried it yet. If you wanted to create something more boring than actual baseball, this would be it.
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Feb 1, 2015 07:57
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Shadowrun's got sports in, things like Urban Brawl and Combat Biker. I don't remember my group ever getting involved in them though.
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Feb 1, 2015 08:07
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I never actually did it but I tried to figure out how to make extreme surfboarding work in a tabletop setting. Never did figure out a good way.
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Feb 1, 2015 08:09
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Ettin posted:New month, new chat thread. Post all derails here, don't be a lovely poster, etc. When Spirit of 77 gets released I plan on running "The Harlem Globetrotters and Friends Mystery Power Hour." In the first adventure, they visit Iran and seek out the Orb of Cyrus. It's shaped like a basketball and they'll have to slam dunk it at some point.
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Feb 1, 2015 08:18
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I have a copy of The Game (bad game about gladiatorial / Running Man kinda stuff)? Honestly fantasy sports is so popular it feels like somebody needs to make the missing link game where players put together a team and go for gold. The only thing I'd wonder is it seems like it'd be geared solely towards winning the championship or whatever. Maybe that's why there isn't one? Hm. Would make for a cool Dramasystem game if you did it right, but that feels more esoteric than I expect sports fans would want.
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Feb 1, 2015 08:42
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The opening session of my current Inverse World campaign opened with the party getting caught up in the cutthroat politics of the Progress Island Cluster Barfighting League when their hired ship, sponsored by one bar, was sabotaged by another bar.
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Feb 1, 2015 09:00
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Man, that just makes me sad that I've had so few opportunities to play Inverse World.
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Feb 1, 2015 09:09
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Well good news, the six feats under crew just recorded another session of Inverse World with me. So you'll be able to live a session vicariously in about a month when the episode goes out, or immediately if you haven't listened to the first two sessions yet.
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Feb 1, 2015 10:08
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Ettin posted:I'm an adventurer. I have a helm.  Truly a fearsome cubed warrior.
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Feb 1, 2015 11:26
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After the absolutely legendary end of the 13th Age campaign I was in, I'm finally doing it you guys. I'm finally running Mageball. ...Or a test run anyway. I'll be doing it in a one session shot with my usual face to face gaming group in a couple of weeks. Then who knows, maybe I'll try to get a thread going again.
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Feb 1, 2015 11:51
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Shouldn't the Modron thread have been March? That would be great.Zereth posted:Do things like X-Crawl count? Always wanted to play that. Speaking of things I always wanted to play as well as Inverse World, I printed out the playbooks for that to show to some friends who've been trying to get me to run something. (They look really nice printed out, incidentally. Kinda makes me wish I'd sprung for the physical tier.) When I mentioned it to an online acquaintance, that was apparently enough impetus to get him to announce an IW game over Skype, so now I get to play and GM.
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Feb 1, 2015 12:37
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I'm running a 4e game where dungeoncrawling is a competetive sport and the players are a competing team.
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Feb 1, 2015 12:42
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That sounds like great fun! Any tips on doing it well?
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Feb 1, 2015 13:43
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thespaceinvader posted:That sounds like great fun! Any tips on doing it well? Well, I can talk about things that seem to be working for me. With 4e I focus on making combat go quicker, so I give the enemies less health than usual. (see mm3 on a business card and the hp math fix) On top of that, i stole the escalation die from 13th Age and I try not to use enemies with many interrupts. I use puzzles liberally because they take less time than combat and they're fun. I try to vary the goal of the dungeon, so it might be a direct confrontation with the other team, a race to the end of the dungeon, whoever kills the bossmonster first or a king of the hil battle. There's also ressurection-insurance for if you get yourself killed to encourage risky and fun behaviour.
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Feb 1, 2015 14:19
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Rand Brittain posted:Huh, the Mythic Africa book for Ars Magica is already here. Mine isn't. I once ran a session of a fighting game-based RPG that was beach volleyball. Gave folks. Chance to show off and get used to the dice in a low-stakes environment vs their friendly rivals.
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Feb 1, 2015 16:22
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RocknRollaAyatollah posted:When Spirit of 77 gets released I plan on running "The Harlem Globetrotters and Friends Mystery Power Hour." In the first adventure, they visit Iran and seek out the Orb of Cyrus. It's shaped like a basketball and they'll have to slam dunk it at some point. Excellent. That could easily work as the plot of an episode of the ancient Globetrotters cartoon. 
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Feb 1, 2015 16:57
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I ran a trollball game from trollpak for Glorantha once. The players were visiting Skyfall lake to try and interview Cragspider - They were reporters and bodyguards working for a Pavis newspaper, and got word that she was a big fan of special Dragori Inkarth rules variant played by Great Trolls where the ball is a live trollkin instead of the usual giant beetle.
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Feb 1, 2015 16:57
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Zurui posted:If you wanted to create something more boring than actual baseball, this would be it.  I actually considered getting someone the hockey one as a gift once, but decided no one deserves that kind of punishment.
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Feb 1, 2015 17:30
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Auralsaurus Flex posted:SPORTS! Daaaaang. You should have linked to their example of play because that's some great poo poo. quote:Parrish has a 1 error rating at 3B so look under the 1 column. The 2d10 result is 60 which results in ERR*. Now we find the 2d6 result of 10 on the included ERR* chart. Reference the middle column that includes the 3B position and the 2d6 result of 10 to see that Parrish made a 1 base error. This allows Moreno to advance one base to third with Robinson safe at first on the error. That should have been the third out, but extends the inning and brings up Bill Madlock. The 2d6 roll equals 11 which gives the BALLPARK result. When this result comes up, we check the ballpark chart to determine if the WHEELHOUSE or IN-PLAY section of the batter card will be used. Madlock is a right-handed batter (RHB) so we use the right side of the BALLPARK chart and see that on a result of 1 – 23, the WHEELHOUSE section will be used while 24 – 99 means we will be using the IN-PLAY section of Madlock’s card. The 2d10 result is 85 and off to Madlock’s IN-PLAY section we go. Re-roll the 2d10 and the result is 03 for a 2B. This means Madlock has smashed a double scoring Moreno from third. The basic baserunner advancement instructions indicate runners advance the same number of bases as the hit, so Robinson moves from first to third; however, there are two outs so all runners advance an extra base and Robinson scores. Phil Garner ends the inning by popping out to the first baseman.
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Feb 1, 2015 17:37
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