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Tagged with discussion game-systems
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How would I go about requesting homebrew-review for an entire game system?
I have about 3k words of a game system representing mostly additions and improvements to Wushu Open.
I'd like to request comments, complaints, criticism, and concepts, but I fear that the site's ...
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Is Blood On The Clocktower on topic here?
Is this the correct forum for Blood On The Clocktower questions? It's more of a social deduction game, and less of a RPG.
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Should the new (2nd) edition of The One Ring be tagged separately from the first edition?
The first edition of The One Ring was released in 2011 (by Cubicle 7). However, Free League Publishing recently released a new (2nd) edition of the game:
Now in its second edition, The One Ring™ ...
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Are potatoes on-topic here?
As Potato is a single page game, here it is:
Potato was mentioned in this question as an example of a one page RPG, and the objection was raised in the comments there that it wasn't an RPG. My ...
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Should this question about flying a broom be closed for lacking a system tag?
The question Flying a broom, light activity? lacks a system tag and is currently closed as unclear. Should it remain closed, or do we have enough information to guess the system?
The current ...
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Should we remove the [mutants-and-masterminds] tag from questions about a specific edition?
This is a follow-up from Fixing umbrella tag of mutants-and-masterminds. There are currently 51 questions tagged with mutants-and-masterminds. Only 9 of them don't also have a mutants-and-masterminds-...
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Fixing umbrella tag of mutants-and-masterminds
I recently noticed that mutants-and-masterminds was largely being used in conjunction with either the mutants-and-masterminds-2e or mutants-and-masterminds-3e tags, but not discussing the overarching ...
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What should I do when a question does not specify the game system being used?
Occasionally, a user will post a question that includes neither a system tag nor an explicit statement of the system being played.
Since we no longer have a policy of immediately closing such ...
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Are open-ended system-introduction questions off-topic?
I asked What is Avatar Legends: The RPG, and how does one play it?. It was closed within 30 minutes with the reason "This question needs to be more focused."
Should we close it and questions ...
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Revisit III: Don’t Guess the System policy
We occasionally get questions which don’t specify which game system they are about, and which are about specific aspects of that game. Because the context and answers depend and vary with the system, ...
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Are questions about Warhammer 40k Lore on-topic?
Questions regarding lore of a given setting seem to be on-topic on the site, if the setting in question is related to a tabletop roleplaying game:
Is giving a kobold a weapon considered a marriage ...
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How shall we frame our upcoming revisit of the Don't Guess the System Policy?
As a community, we should discuss how to frame the upcoming revisit of the Don't Guess the System Policy. We need a transparent and fair vote, so we ought to establish voting rules that prevent ...
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An asker seems to have been misled about the system they were using. Should we do anything about it?
There is a curious case that resulted in bunch of questions that are tagged with one system, while the OP was confused about workings of a different system - and some of these tags were applied by OP ...
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Can we generalize our policy on linking system-specific rules, toolsets, etc. as clearly stating the system?
Following the results of Revisit III: Don’t Guess the System policy this meta now refers to an outdated policy.
We have this question about reopening a question and tagging it pathfinder-2e on the ...
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Can we reopen this item stacking question?
Do these items stack? was closed and has comments requesting an edition and system be specified. However, the question appears to clearly indicate its game already: it cites a book (Tasha's Cauldron ...
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