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So, Matt Colville released a video about community building recently. I like Matt, he's a smart guy and I almost always learn something from his videos, or they're just generally interesting. So his latest video was definitely on my radar. Then, I heard/read it being praised by three...

Edit: Of course, only after posting, on second viewing do I notice that there's a thread already existing. Old-School Essentials — 2026 and Beyond So, as I'm still eargerly waiting for an email saying that my big box of Dolmenwood is on its way, I received an email this weekend. Necrotic Gnome...

So, I just read this blogpost by Justin Alexander. This is one of my pet peeves in games. The challenges of having money make sense. My personal preference is in more grounded, gritty campaigns. Often street-level. Having money matter is important to me and I've never followed the...

So one thing that I realized over the last few years is that it kind of sucks to buy RPG products in Canada. For the large games, it's not an issue. D&D, Pathfinder, Free League go through large-scale established distributors and make it to physical stores. You go to the store, there's price...

The Geek Talk & Media forum seem to cover a wide array of topics. I know Photography isn't directly linked to TTRPG and geek hobbies, but it's something I've started two years ago. It marries two things that I really like: technology and art. It's been a great creative outlet when life got a bit...

If there was a thread about his topic, I missed it. Mearls posted this blog article a little less than two weeks ago. It made its way in several communities I frequent so I got to reading it. TTRPGs: The Next Generation I'm really puzzled by it. It makes little sense to me. The lines he draws...

I ran a pretty long campaign of Starfinder 1E and had a blast. However, some of the rules were a bit tedious and when they announced making a 2E with PF2E's chassis, I was invested. Now, I've followed the playtest and development on and off. I definitely have no played it. So this is entirely...

Hi! I'm going to attempt to use your collective knowledge. I've slowly been coalescing ideas over the path few months for an RPG I'd like to design. I think that I'm mostly interested to making something that supports and encourages a warband scope. It would support the traditional four or...

I was away for a full week for vacations. I'm catching up on the news, I saw this, and I felt really sad. I'll be transparent. I grew tired of 5E about three years ago and haven't touched it since. Solely for these reasons. But the whole OGL debacle and all the other red flags that I saw pop...

Hi! Today I have an unusual request. A while ago, maybe a year, I was lead to a play report of a D&D campaign on a random message board. I'm not sure how I got there, but I think it was through ENWorld. I think someone linked to it. I remember reading a few posts, being fascinated but I...

I'm a big fan of Chris' work. I've also been following the development of this game for a few months. I wonder if anyone else had a healthy amount of play with either Into the Odds and Electric Bastionlands are are excited for it. Into the Odds had such a big impact on the indie scene of...

Alright, so this is not a rant. It's something that'd been nagging in the back of my mind for several months now and I've wanted to exchange with someone to kind of understand my own thoughts and feelings about the matter. I've been playing D&D since about 2000 with 3rd edition. I've only...

Hi! I have no idea if this is the kind of topic that's allowed on ENWorld, but as there's many folks here with publishing and design experience, I figure I might ask. Short background, I work as a game designer in the videogame industry. I'm pretty confident in my abilities and methods in that...

Being a big fan of Conan and Sword and Sorcery, I've been looking into possible products to eventually explore these genres. I've also been interested in exploring the OSR movement, which has been difficult because of the sheer number of options. That's when I stumbled on Hyperborea by North...

I was thinking about the other thread about our buying habits for RPG products; and tonight I just finished my second session ever of Forbidden Lands and I was reflecting on what I found difficult, easy, good, bad and what I learned from my experience. I'm sure we all pulled some lessons or...

Hi! Going through blogs about TTRPGs is something I really enjoy and I'll frequently find an article from one I don't know about and add it to my feed. So I thought, why not see what other people have to recommend. I'm personally really interested in blogs that talk about TTRPGs as a whole...

Hi! I recently purchased Burning Wheel because I've been hearing so much about it. I'm about 2/3rd through my first reading. So far I'm loving it, it's very different to many games coming out lately and it's from a tabletop style of play that I'm not too familiar with. It's obvious that it is a...

I saw the name before, but it never picked me interest. But a friend of mine told me he was considering getting it. Degenesis RPG will be discontinued as the publisher calls it a day I don't know if the publisher had created games before, how long the game ran before turning to a...

I posted this in TTRPGs General. Moment from any tabletop RPGs are welcome! So, the question is simple, what's your proudest DM moment? I often share stories with other DMs I know in person. All DMs are different, so are their players and the games they play. So if can be any of these things...

Hi! This is something that came up is almost, if not all of my campaigns, and I never quite found a satisfactory way to approach it. What happens is that, either because it fits the character, the story or the environment in which they are, a player will ask to look around for interesting book...