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• Murderhobos Aren't Problem Players
  July 08, 2025 by ImaginationSimulations

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  #Fight City TURBO, #Transgender Deathmatch Legend II, #Wrestling, #ttrpg, #game design, #rpg culture

  You're simply playing the wrong game. I'm More A Celery Girlie, But Carrots Will Do It's quite easy to forget in all this imagining that when playing games they are ultimately incentivizing you as a p... Continue reading
• System First Design (A Titterpig Helper)
  March 30, 2025 by ImaginationSimulations

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  #game design, #ttrpg, #system first

  Plenty, arguably the majority, of TTRPGs are focused primarily on narrative or purportedly providing storytelling tools. Along the way this emphasis has driven a noticeable wedge in the hobbyspace wit... Continue reading
• Stop Storytelling, Start Playing
  March 13, 2025 by ImaginationSimulations

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  #roll for shoes, #ttrpg, #game design, #rpg culture

  We're spending too much on trying to translate this medium into others as justification for playing pretend as adults. If you want to tell stories you can simply do that. But that's not what makes TTR... Continue reading
• Wrestling gets Actual Play the best
  March 05, 2025 by ImaginationSimulations

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  #game design, #ttrpg, #wrestling, #rpg culture

  It's easy comparing Professional Wrestling to Soap Operas for fair and obvious reasons. But I'm not here to talk melodrama, performance, or characterization with a title like that. I love it or I woul... Continue reading