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I think it's more than just this: it's also about increasing the proportion of play time spent on the stuff that matters to the...

Thanks. I apologize if I am unable to give proper dedication to your post as you give here to mine, but it's late and I am somewhat...

Good list! For these two, I think maybe Over the Edge (1992) is the modern beginning. A bit later, Maelstrom Storytelling (1998, from...

Here are contemporary trends that I see in terms of modern approaches to TTRPG mechanics: Fiction First Gaming: this was something of a...

I plan on re-reading the Fabula Ultima core rulebook due to the Kickstarter. I may post my chapter by chapter thoughts here. Keep an eye...

I love Free League’s cloth maps of Middle Earth… and now so do my walls!

Things from the Flood? I think it's a sequel to Tales from the Loop with adolescents instead of kids.

We finished up the CS#3 gauntlet dungeon last week and had plenty of time leftover in our usual playtime to talk about the game and what...

I obviously prefer games built around vision where everyone (including the GM) feels like they are playing the same game. I think that...

I don't think D&D or Traveller were aimless at all. I do think most 90s era design was. L5R (before 5th edition), Shadowrun, Vampire...

Hmm. Separate thoughts, first on designers I’d expect any reasonably fair observer to acknowledge as important trailblazers whether or...

I think Masks is a very good example of a game that wouldn't have been created until relatively recently. A superhero game focussed more...

I should have said modern games are more likely to be designed with intention. And of course, there were older brilliant games that were...

It was a wonderful time to live through in D&D's history, that will never come again. Good thing most if it is still available to those...

Loved the 2e boxed set for FR, even though we didn't use it for D&D. Also, Moonshae boxed set. Oh, and Waterdeep. Those maps were big...