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OK, I'll play. :) Note this isn't necessarily how I'd actually sequence the books' contents, it's just what ought to be in each one...

$150 is already a steep buy in for DMs. You're shooting for $200 plus?

That's actually a great idea. Beginners buy the robust starter pack with all the wonderful ideas therein. It is also more cost effective...

I think the beginner GM book should have been in a really robust starter set and the actual DMG should be the reference at the table.

Those abilities were all over the place though. Get hit by a Wight and lose a level ... permenantly and you can expect to start...

The 2024 DMG is a really good introductory DMG, but it isn't a very good general reference DMG and a pretty bad "veteran" DMG.

Reynard out here trying to drive all the content creation with these threads. :D I just wanted to note that for me its a 2 way street...

I think there is a bit of over-exaggeration by both it doesn't matter to anyone and that it impacts everyone. I'd like to see folks...

I used the quotes to mean the label usually used, rather than the actual thing itself. What I would say, then, is that skilled play is...

generally no, because tedium does not require skill in the first place. The OSR focuses too much on tedium for my taste and tries to...

They shouldn't, and they don't force it, but most people IME on either side of the screen go for the path of least resistance, and...

I play in a current 5e game, and a current 1e game. We are the same people. In the 1e game, our thought process is different and we...

The experience I was referring to was solely with friends. So, when I made that comment about temporarily irritating about the...

I agree. Like I said tables have adopted a happy medium focusing on detail or zooming out as is necessary for the game.

The natural state of being is ignorance. We only change that state by asking questions. I will always prompt my players to ask...