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Working with old friends in no way means you cannot or should not run a Session 0. Being friends does not make one a mind reader. You...

I'm quite fond of metacurrencies - to a point. that point is when they render the randomness moot. I don't like point pushing as the...

In my experience, the right players are a mixture of luck and training...

2016 for me...

No argument about artha, but I've had in my BW, BE, and MG games quite a few times with 6d to 8d pools - especially with a 5d skill, a...

For several years, my wed game started 1830 and ran to 2130 (with a 2200 chased out of the store); switched states and stores, and it...

Funny, my friday night games always had players... Even in high school.

Yeah, but my point was "I don't want to game because I want to party instead" is, well, not exactly an indication the game is any kind...

Not quite true... But without artha, you trade off advancement for success. You can still succeed. Or you do things you know are too...

I don't care. Big or small or even individual creator . . . if you are using gen-AI, I will not support your project. Small creators...

Personally, I feel that would actually be a significant red flag against the project, showing that good preliminary work has not been...

Mildly oppose. Point out the AI use, and leave it at that. Maybe lampoon any friends who support it.

First thing to understand: There are over 11,000 RPGs already in print; the odds you're doing something new are incredibly low.

Duke Nukem is going to have the same disconnect: A property about a lone hero aimed squarely at a group. But, with Conan, it presents...

It shows a willingness to "do anything" to get the funding, (do note the scare quotes,) and provides a temptation to go cheap on the...