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I've watched that little speech multiple times now. I don't believe I am wrong. At best, he was offering an empty platitude in the hopes of virtue signaling. It's not like he appointed a diversity replacement and then resigned. Even if that's not how he meant it, it was an incredibly...

Damage Control with a goal of contrition can be a good thing. Damage Control solely for self-interested blood stoppage is just spin. Remains to be seen where this will ultimately fall but IMO it skews more towards spin.

(I'm still making my way through the thread, so I apologize if this covered further downstream...) So, is it ok for white guys to play D&D again? Is there an updated opinion about basements? And if that topic wasn't addressed in the interview, that tells me that "control the narrative" is...

Amen. My response, were I a publisher would be, "Dear WotC, thank you for the changes, but too little, too late. Respectfully, please accept this splintered wooden rod and insert it into any of the orifices from which you've been spewing BS. I don't care which one. Perhaps one day you'll...

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Respectfully, anybody that elects to trust WotC again regardless of what they say, is making a devil's bargain and, IMO, a fool. While this may be attractive (assuming WotC tries to mollify the situation) in the short term, the risk of getting F#-@ed by WotC down the road still exists. Now's...

This is hands-down, the best explanation and summary that I've seen/heard anywhere. Thanks so much for this!

I'll be continuing with Pathfinder 2 campaigns that are already in flight. Any new games (especially if I get to play rather than GM) that are FRPG will follow OSR sensibilities: ACKS, Castles & Crusades, or OSE.

And is apparently being flooded with traffic such that the site is now unreachable...

Primarily this. Sometimes things don't go their way, obviously, but they've never felt that content was curated for their level or that I was pulling punches. When I initially switched over to PF2, I was concerned that sandbox play might be tough to pull off, but as I've said previously, I've...

1. That's a guideline, not a shackle. 2. This is a sandbox philosophy statement more than a rules comment, but not every encounter has to be a combat encounter. For a specific example, when I first created my sandbox campaign area, I did the traditional sprinkling of settlements, ruins, monster...

In no particular order: Pathfinder makes it very easy to adjust and scale things with the creature/NPC-builder. So, even if I were adhering to the idea of a "static sandbox" where content levels don't adjust - I don't, btw - I can adjust encounters on the fly. Exploration Mode provides enough...

Respectfully, if that's you experience, someone is doing something wrong. PF2 fights in my games resolve faster than PF1/3.5 most of the time and that's using pawns, mats, crit & fumble cards.

My Pathfinder campaigns of the last two years would disagree with you. PF2 has actually made sandbox gaming easier to run than it was in PF1.

I recently came across Mythras – and by extension, Runequest. I’m very intrigued by the character creation, character stats/skills, and especially combat. The consensus on Mythras seems to be that’s it’s very customizable. I’ve also seen Mythras and Runequest cited as good systems for...

So much Traveller goodness!! Really loving what Mongoose is doing with the line.

I see this sentiment all the time here. Modiphius has a ton of licensed properties that I love but finding positive actual play testimonies seem hard to come by. Do people actually play these games or are they primarily collectors items?

Thanks, all. Some interesting suggestions that I'll need to investigate further. I'm still looking for opinions regarding the shift back to OSR from modern for those who play (or played) both within a comparable timeframe. As I delve deeper into AS&SH & ACKS, however, OSR definitely feels...

Concept is using OSR Solo (Solo OSR) and OSRIC, B/X, and old-school modules.

Just me.