#game grump

[thetinytaco]

"That reminds me of a dream I had, where I was kissing y—"

I did two versions cuz I love this art meme!

Original art meme/artist

[rageflippedtables]

That poor old man fell for updog...

[prokopetz]

I'm all on board with queer liberation as a core theme in tabletop RPGs, but I've gotta ask: did you think this shit through at all? Yes, you've name-checked the X Card in your preamble and reminded players to choose their pronouns during character creation, and you've got a big stack of testimonials proclaiming that the mechanics of play are "genderpunk" – whatever that means! – but, like, your implicit setting still includes an out-group whose boundaries are delineated within the idiom of race science whom the text insists are ontologically okay to kill. Sure, they've got fash aesthetic, but I don't think making "cop" a biological category is doing the heavy lifting you think it is.

[strawberri-draws]

lol. Lmfao even

[ahfrickenfrick]

the batkids decide play a new game on patrol where they try to yell the most outrageous thing jumping into a fight

bruce bans the game after stephanie runs into a crowd of bystanders and muggers yelling

‘bienvenue power bottoms!’

and it causes jason to crash into a power pole from how hard he was laughing

[clearlydusty]

Saimota... save me saimota....

[thedgeofsleep]

"How'd your tummy time work out, Arin? Good?"

[incorrectbatfam]

Bruce: As you know, I keep a list of all my friends in order of how likely they are to betray me. We've established this.

Clark: Where am I on the list?

Bruce: Well, I can't tell you that because then you'll quickly move up or down depending on your reaction.

[supernowa-art]

it fit them too well to not draw it

[moksutinn]

is this how i'm overcoming the art block which i've been having for several months

[pigglechippy]

Whenever I watch El Dorado, I see Arin and Dan, and I can't be the only one who thinks that...right?🤔

[runningwithscizzorz]

Hey chat, the worms are winning (okay I’ll actually try to start posting again I promise🤣)

[anenbyraccoon]

Game Grumps coded

[prokopetz]

Every time I talk about how Dungeons & Dragons as a culture of play (i.e., as distinct from any particular published iteration of the game called Dungeons & Dragons) tends to put the GM in the position of doing all the actual work of making the game happen, and how the idea that only the GM has any responsibility for understanding and carrying out the rules is a big part of this, I always get jokers going "well ACTUALLY that's not true because I don't use the rules as written when I run games – I just make up the mechanics as I go."

Buddy, the notion that inventing a whole new game on the fly to suit the exact preferences of the group is an entry-level skill that ought to be expected – even demanded! – of any GM, regardless of their experience level, is itself an expression of the idea that responsibility for understanding and carrying out the rules rests solely with the GM.

Like, there's a reason D&D as a culture of play thinks it's normal for GMs to be miserably overworked and treats GM burnout as a funny joke; if it didn't, we'd have to acknowledge that something is askew.

[crystallizedtwilight]

😳 BUT LOOK AT THIS—