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The modernity comes from the innovation in these mechanisms. Yes, most mechanisms used today were born in the 19th century, but they've...

To my mind, the turn of the century is suitable demarcation for "modern" in RPGs. Here is what I mean: Just as, say, musical historians...

I can't speak for people, but I think it's just newer designs in newer games.

They are apparently working on a Strategy Book filled with advice and variant rules slated for 2027.

That’s probably fair. Meta currencies, things like the Doom pool from Cortex and so on, the escalation dice from 13th Age, are all...

The post above yours. Hopefully that will get the gun pointed away from me lol

@Reynard, one of the fun things IMHO about Fabula Ultima is that joy of building your character. It's a bit like 3e/PF2 mulitclassing...

Ah, I see the confusion now. I didn't say anything about innovations in tactical play. Not to say there isn't any, I'm sure there are...

Thanks, but no, that was well later. I just said new games can bring innovations. I didn't realize that was controversial.

Dragon Quest 11 is currently on sale on Steam for 50% for basically €20. Now is a great time to look into JRPGs. It's the Steam Autumn sale.

It was a joke that you decided to take seriously. Why did you do that?

You're right my bad, there have been no new rpg mechanisms since white box dnd.

You want me to go over all the changes in RPGs? Am I getting paid for this?

To get semantical, choosing PC abilities would be strategy, choosing how to use them as you play would be tactical. Moving a...

There are plenty of rpg mechanisms that have come about in the past 20 years that weren't in the 30 years previous. Like most...