I know, I know, we said we weren't going to do the Ascent of Role-Playing Games thing. And we're not! But there ARE a bunch of role-playing games that have some interesting mechanics, and we're going to be talking about those this month and next. (If you don't like it, join our Discord server so you can vote against it the next time we run a poll!)
- Brian's voice is absolutely shot to hell after weeks of coughing - apologies for making you hear it.
- "I don't know how we played this game before spreadsheets."
- Frank insists on telling us about a staggeringly bad TTRPG.
- We talk about games with weird dice, cards as dice, Jenga as dice, and no dice at all.
- Joe wins Vampire.
- An inexplicable (but not undeserved) shout-out to the great state of Wyoming.
What great TTRPG mechanics (before the mid-2000s) did we overlook that you want to tell us about? What must we not overlook in Part 2? Come visit our Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds!
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