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Gamer Deep Lore, Exhibit #3. The Tomb of Horrors.

The Bottom Feeder

The myth, the legend, the 1978 Dungeons & Dragons murderfest Tomb of Horrors. The Tomb of Horrors was an early attempt to solve a very difficult problem: How to balance a turn-based RPG once characters get very powerful. You can always make the numbers bigger, sure, but that's boring and leads to eternal fights. Pwned, n00b.

Horror 69
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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Having a solid, realistic plan is everything.”

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The Heart of Gaming Is the Power Fantasy

The Bottom Feeder

If you like weird, retro indie games or RPGs, it’s worth a look.) One is overcoming: Defeating puzzles, challenges, other people. Horror games give you the power to survive, no matter how horrible your surroundings are. is being able to summon hordes of disposable monsters to fight for you. This is what people want.

Fantasy 83