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<shrug> Take a look at some of the example experiences. Several of those are pretty double-edged. Even "Assassin of the Sapphire...

Outside combat is a great way to spend fear. During combat I mostly use fear to take monster turns and to fuel their abilities. I agree...

I'm not against spending a Fear to "Compel" a PC experience. Oh that mayor's son was assassinated by the Sapphire Syndicate so best not...

Just arrived at our house yesterday. Looks fun. The map is folded heavy duty like a board game and I love the meeples. Game scooped up...

My short tutorial: 1) Don't worry about it. 2) Make it up as you go along. Prep time=0.

Fan Favourite Company was the only category WotC was in. They and Paizo don't submit anything anymore.

Thanks to LunaticLawyer on Reddit for compiling the list. Best Adventure - Short Form Gold: The Dream Shrine, Brad Kerr Silver: The...

This thing is great, it's walking through the design process and mechanics for every element of the game. Really excellent levels of...

https://www.daggerheart.com/homebrewkit/

The DMs who ran Retreater's games don't seem to have read any play examples in the book. One of them -- the "do every dungeon room in...

There is ample guidance in the shadowdark rulebook to explain the playstyle in the GMing chapter.

Sorry to hear that none of your DMs knew how to make it work. :/ 1. That perfectly cromulent house rule does fix this issue, though...

Two other observations: Sometimes I think that advocates for Shadowdark, or OSR/NuSR in general, exaggerate the avoidance of combat...

Of course there are classes dedicated to combat. You need them because combat as a fail state does not mean you can completely avoid it...

I came across it on Yahoo Images. I tried accessing the webpage it came from but ran into a dead end. :( If this fella was in 5e, I...