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For mapping - Players don't really need to put down more than a general shape of the room (not even that, a bubble is okay 'flowcharting...

I'm not an artist so I use word maps This is of a continent with the main kingdoms and other spaces shown. The distance apart is very...

There's a vast difference between walking through a location and having it described because the description will always be inadequate...

Hope this thread doesn’t devolve into an argument about what the true meaning of being lost is… Anyway, I’ve always hated mapping both...

Theater of the mind for exploration and details for areas where there will be combat. I don't get concerned about the players being...

I think it's because those games don't try to be everything to everybody, so the relatively few people who are drawn to them find what...

Nothing, really. And that sounds like a good plot hook to me! The party hears about a bounty on a vile charlatan that's scamming people...

Because if they didn't... a few bad actors would look for every loophole in the rules possible to find a way to justify the creation of...

Last time I checked I don't have people shackled to my table if they don't like the game. I've been playing for a long, long time and...

I would just add that any game of significant complexity will have compromises, things that will be a bit unfulfilling for some of the...