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4 votes
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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Game UI Database
9 votes -
Operation Broken Fang; Major CSGO update adds map vetoes, retakes servers, detailed stat tracking
7 votes -
esoteric board game rules templating review, please
I'm working on a card game that would arrive to your home without a rulebook, but I'm having a comprehensibility problem. Below is some basic rules text for this game. If you had enough time to...
I'm working on a card game that would arrive to your home without a rulebook, but I'm having a comprehensibility problem. Below is some basic rules text for this game. If you had enough time to decipher the below, do you believe you could understand its meaning? Are there any words which are too obscure?
Join a game by selecting a central objective from among its currently apparent contests. Catch a turn from wherever to start playing then describe your plan aloud to the group. If anyone agrees that your plan is valid (legal?) then they can accept you into the game as their second. Anyone else who wants to join at this point may also join/rejoin as your teammate.
Contests are tensions between two scales which can be described by consensus. For example, imagine I'm 1v1 with Ah while you are on a team with Bo and Ci against Du. Imagine Du sees that the tide is not in their favor, and decides to jump ship to the other game. They may do so at any time by admitting they want out of their losing position and describing which team in the other game they would like to swing over to join (My team or Ah's.). Bo, Ci, and you are left in the boat without an opponent. This may cause a crisis (see "Crisis Card").
Farewell, I am off to prepare lunch for a child.
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Ethics in strategy gaming, part 2: Colonization
10 votes -
The scientists studying why some gamers invert their Y-axis controls
6 votes -
The time is right to re-evaluate open worlds. We can do better
16 votes -
PS5 users are reportedly getting banned for selling PS Plus Collection unlocks to PS4 owners
6 votes -
StoryBundle: The Greatest Hits Game Bundle (eBooks)
3 votes -
The art of the demo: Drama from game mechanics in The Last of Us Part II
3 votes -
Project Wingman | Launch trailer
4 votes -
A case for the possible sale of Wizards of the Coast
6 votes -
Control: The Foundation | Expansion trailer
9 votes -
Gamedev from scratch 0: Groundwork
5 votes -
US Rep. Ocasio-Cortez raises $200K after battling NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in hit video game Among Us
17 votes -
Guybrush Fact vs Fiction
11 votes -
I built an airport of suffering where nobody is safe (SimAirport)
16 votes -
Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other
12 votes -
From Xenogears to Xenoblade: The history of Monolith Soft
5 votes -
Black Mesa: Definitive Edition - The final major update for the fan-made re-imagining of Half-Life
19 votes -
It ain't easy being Sonic
7 votes -
Nominations for the 2020 Steam Awards are now open
9 votes -
Games from my inbox: Apocalypse 2020 edition
4 votes -
How Nintendo has hurt the Smash community
11 votes -
Xbox Series X/S vs. PlayStation 5 - A direct comparison and the Ars launch-month verdict
13 votes -
Falcom announces Ys 1 and 2 for Sharp X68000
8 votes -
What is your favorite game to livestream?
Do you play the game yourself? Do you think there's any reason you like watching that particular game so much?
10 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
18 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
10 votes -
You can now try the RetroArch Playtest on Steam for Linux
7 votes -
Xbox Series S dev mode breakdown
3 votes -
Neo: The World Ends With You heading to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
8 votes -
What's a noteworthy game that you never see mentioned anywhere?
Maybe it's a random itch.io find; maybe it's a minor title from a long forgotten console; maybe it's a dev project your friend asked you to play test. Whatever it is, you think it's neat, and you...
Maybe it's a random itch.io find; maybe it's a minor title from a long forgotten console; maybe it's a dev project your friend asked you to play test. Whatever it is, you think it's neat, and you never see it mentioned anywhere.
Tell us about the game -- what is it? Why is it noteworthy? Do you think it deserves more recognition than it's gotten? Why do you think it's as hidden away as it is?
21 votes -
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and the unfortunate implications
23 votes -
The secrets of Monkey Island’s source code
14 votes -
Celeste: Is Madeline canonically trans?
21 votes -
The video game creator who became Barry Bonds
5 votes -
How Zelda's puzzle-box dungeons work
9 votes -
Sega VR revived: emulating an unreleased Genesis accessory with the help of Nuclear Rush's source code
5 votes -
An analysis of the declining audio quality in Assassin's Creed Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla
9 votes -
Roblox files for IPO - Kid-focused, user-generated content platform has not yet turned a profit despite skyrocketing DAUs, bookings
5 votes -
Cyberpunk 2077 | Gameplay trailer
13 votes -
Why is Minecraft speedrunning so popular? - Speedrun Explained
6 votes -
The Game Awards 2020 nominee list
9 votes -
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Anniversary Update, including new Battle Royale mode, Anniversary Event, Quick Play, and more
14 votes -
Demon's Souls remake on PlayStation 5: The Digital Foundry tech review
4 votes -
DnD 5e's Newest Rulebook (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything) is out tomorrow
For people new to tabletop RPGs, this is the equivalent of a DLC expansion. It's new content, new rules, new classes, and so forth to augment your 5e game. Notable contents include: Racial Traits...
For people new to tabletop RPGs, this is the equivalent of a DLC expansion. It's new content, new rules, new classes, and so forth to augment your 5e game.
Notable contents include:
Racial Traits
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Racial stat bonuses can be moved around at will (i.e you can change a Half Elf's +2 Charisma to a +2 Strength)
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Races with negative stat bonuses no longer have negative stat bonuses
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A new "custom lineage" race exists, which allows to pick any race, and replace their features with a +2 to any stat of your choice, a feat, and darkvision.
Class Variants
These modify class features. Unfortunately, many of them are somewhat controversial in the community because people do not believe that they fixed many of the classes that are considered to have poor design, notably rangers and sorcerers.
For the spellcasters, spell versatility (a feature which allows you to change spells you know on a long rest) was not implemented, disappointing many
New Subclasses
A few subclasses from other books are reprinted so you don't have to buy them (example: Eloquence Bard, from Mythical Odyssey of Theros), and a few are new, like Order Cleric, Wildfire Druid, and so forth.
In particular, the Clockwork Soul Sorcerer is one piece of good news for Sorcerer players.
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Xbox Series S vs Series X console review - How do the specs compare and how does this translate into differences in the actual gameplay experience?
3 votes -
Billy Mitchell and Walter Day are being sued by Twin Galaxies' new owner for fraud
9 votes