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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow (Mon 10/27) night Spellburn, 9PM ET! We've got crowdfunding, emails and the great Mar Zio joining us to talk Zothique, Marz press and maybe even a few mighty deeds questions sneak in there!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 22

Oh cool, thank you. I am still Bluesky rookie 😀

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 22

Sorry if I came off to "dictatorial." I don't believe in "badwrongfun", but I do go back to my experience over the years, but which is after all, kind of narrowly personal. I appreciate your thoughtful responses!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 22

This might sound like the same thing but I think it's different at the table: The point is to MAKE **fun** stories (TOGETHER).

Telling is a a solo thing... we are all making together.

And if you've heard D&D stories.. they ain't usually compelling if you weren't there :) JUST MAKE THEM FUN!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 21

I haven't done much besides a little messing around with NBA, but White Lies looks pretty flexible and intuitive. Built on OSR type engine and very fast and easy to run and teach. You probably have to bring the flavor and fine-tune it to your sub-genre.

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 14

Good for you and good luck. As you say below... open communication at the table solves 99% of things. Sounds like a great table and you folks will always find ways to have fun.

As a GM I used to internalize more. When I stopped doing that, so much more fun at the table. Trust the table.

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Sep 7

I hope in my F20/D&Dish campaigns that characters still want huge gobs of loot to accomplish bigger character goals like founding their own church, building their castle, raising their armies, etc. But I tend to play more old-school games where you're not getting a new shiny each time you level.

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 31

The first two books are awesome-- super indispensable for new patrons, which DCC judges always need!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 18

Spellburn tonight! 9PM ET / 8PM CT on Youtube @Goodmangames

We'll do GENCON 2025 wrap-up with the co-host of RAW, Matt "Grapeape" Robertson!

Plus some crowdburning, some emails and the usual gamefoolery!

#DCCRPG

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 18

The players should be nervous. they better bring their A-Game and their best dice!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 14

I love crit and crit fails.. I guess in GUMSHOE, you can just count 1 as a fumble, 6 as a crit... if you want to have a bigger spread, you could make them roll again on either and treat another 1 or 6 as a true fumble/crit?

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cthulhu dark is good... but what I am suggesting above is that the GUMSHOE character sheet IS all you need PLUS -investigative skills: spend points to learn stuff. General skills: D6 with 4 as your target to do challenging stuff. Now you have the rules. That's literally all you need.

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 12

I can't really imagine it being much easier than the basic GUMSHOE engine. You can pretty much just run things off the character sheets, and slightly up the mildest crunch for chase rules, stability tests, etc. But the basics of GUMSHOE are very very light.

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 9

GENCON 2025 & #DCCRPG Peeps! Tell us your coolest, weirdest, wildest moments from the con! We'll take a look at these Spellburn on Monday night 8/19 9PM ET live on:
www.youtube.com/@goodmangames

Email us comments, questions GENCON mighty deeds and crowdfunding! [email protected]

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Aug 9

GENCON 2025 & DCCRPG Peeps! Tell us your coolest, weirdest, wildest moments from the con! We'll take a look at these Spellburn on Monday night 8/19 9PM ET live on:
www.youtube.com/@goodmangames

Email us comments, questions GENCON mighty deeds and crowdfunding! [email protected]

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 28

I'm really looking forward to you running this online game for me!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 23

thanks man!!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 22

Hi all, I have one open spot each for my homebrew gothic horror game on Friday afternoon (US time) and Trail of Cthulhu's The Black Drop on Saturday afternoon. This is an online con for a great cause. Check it out (there's many other events too!)

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm still enjoying "Chip Goodcock"

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 8

Spellburn is next Monday 7/14 on Youtube/@goodmangames - special guest David Fisher!

Send us some emails and notify us of your crowdfunding!

Email us at: [email protected]!

#DCCRPG

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thanks for the thorough and thoughtful review!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jul 3

Also, your background can be as simple (?) as you are a 0-level cobbler, probably with a goofy name, with a 16 Stamina and a 4 Personality. Oh and you wake up in a world with a green sky and a T-Rex lunging at you. GO!

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hey all, I'm running three games for Summer Knights Online, a charity convention at the end of July.

1) The Ball at Edgecombe Manner gothic horror RPG "Nightmares of Otranto"
2) The Black Drop - Trail of Cthulhu
3) DCC -- Emirikol Was Framed!

#DCCRPG #Pelgrane

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Julian Bernick @julianmfbernick.bsky.social · Jun 25

If you want to branch out to weird and wild stuff, try DCC RPG. It has enough rules to keep you honest and grounded, but the spell results and can really blow your minds at the table. Often implemented in a semi-freeform way, but if you want to do rules as written, they are there.