None of my accounts show any search hits for eclipse phase. Given Mastadons user base, I would have thought an RPG written by Socalists and about a semi-post scarcity society and alternate governance models would be more popular here...
On and transhumanism and you can play anthro characters.
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@Canageek RPG. Apparently I can't type.
@craigmaloney The whole idea of only searching tags is really dumb, to be honest. I'm glad Twidere is able to do full-text search. Also problem might be federation fail, which commonly hit searches.
For example search #Warhammer. mastodon.weaponvsac.space, wandering.shop and cybre.space get 0 or 1 hit. octodon.social gets a TON of hits.
@Canageek Meh, I understand the reasoning but yeah, it can be a bit of a pain to find anything again.
@craigmaloney I don't? What is it?
@Canageek UNfortunately full-text searching can be used to find certain posts to harass folks. It's a protective measure.
@craigmaloney .... That is really dumb. You can't enforce it, as evidenced by the fact Twidere has it built in. So harassers can still do it, but it inconveniences everyone, and the is no way to tell if people are doing it. The are commend line clients- log the federated timeline, then run grep on that.
@craigmaloney Do you know his address?
@Canageek I think you found it, but I found him via searching for "infomorph".
Wishing more of the EP team was over here.
@Canageek
I'm a big fan of it actually. Creative commons FTW. I was actually just lamenting my inability to run a GURPS Transhuman Space and mentioning that Eclipse Phase and Nova Praxis are about the only way I can scratch that itch with my gaming group :P
@Irick That is nice. I've played once and it is ok
@Irick I really like the fact I don't have to share around a copy of the book to people, that is very nice.
@Irick Sorry, had another account logged in and didn't notice.
@Canageek
It's fine XD
@craigmaloney @Canageek
I have.
I cannibalized a bit of it for some of my FATE games that I felt needed more crunch.
@craigmaloney @Irick No, it is done OSR thing, right?
@Canageek I think the problem is with some of the basic idea content. Supposedly, while Eclipse Phase can be great fun, it´s also incredibly indie and remains less-well marketed to possible players. Also because the ideas aren´t well-toned to introduce people to roleplaying, and the existing demographics don´t cater too much to those things you mentioned ;)
@Canageek Eclipse Phiasco 💯 👌
@Canageek I haven't played it but I have a copy. I also have a sourcebook full of story ideas.
I think the game's strength is in it's setting, I don't remember being particularly impressed with the system.
That said, I've been told repeatedly that people want to create their own settings and have a system that supports it.
There is some really good material to mine from there though which is my guess what people use the books for.
@Emmett I really like the setting except for the big secret about why the AI rebelled. Really put me off the setting for a long time.
@Canageek I'm fond of Eclipse Phase. A friend of mine ran a couple of adventures for a group of us and it was a blast.
I adored the worldbuilding, though I honestly kinda hated the system backing it . Way too crunchy for my taste. It fit the hard SF setting, but bogged everything down in math and rules.
@Canageek It's one of my favorite EPG settings. Also Infomorph is on here (though I don't believe he uses this service much).