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Cypher System for new players

Some of my general favorite things about Cypher System games versus other RPGs: The game plays fast. I very rarely find myself looking things up. I typically prefer to bookmark pages I think I need on the PDF rule books and keep the books off the table. It works really well! The players have all the agency. They can decide what things to spend Effort on and what to ignore. Players take a little bit of convincing that an expendable resource like the Pools or cyphers should be used, but by the end of a first session, I find most acclimate to the system. The DM doesn't roll dice. It's a lot easier to act like the players' friend and advocate when you don't try to kill them with hot dice. Predation in particular is awesome because it has dinosaurs. It's even better because it combines dinosaurs with future technology. We played the whole game grinning and having a good time. Character creation was fast! With 3 players, we created a Karn (warrior), Tec

Previously...

I'm already writing in 2 other blogs about games! I have a weekly blog post to reflect on my Infinity Tower D&D game on Time2Tabletop ( twitch.tv/time2tabletop ). That blog is about my thoughts and feelings about the game, the way that the players and game unfolded and any other thoughts that have resulted. You can find it at https://infintitytowerdm.blogspot.com/ The other blog is a collection of thoughts on a modern-day-with-magic campaign setting for Open Legend RPG, a fun multi-genre RPG system that is available for free online ( openlegendrpg.com ). It has character archetypes, adventure ideas, creatures, items and more. You can find it at https://legendsoftodayrpg.blogspot.com/