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Well I wasn’t trying to set 3-week homework assignments!

Earth 828 is not our Earth. And the Fantastic Four weren't just the Avengers in a blue uniform. From what the movie told us, they had...

I really enjoyed this film when I saw it in theatre, but in retrospect I have to admit that it hasn't really stuck with me. I still love...

This ties back into the questions about balance and system assumptions though. In a game like Dungeon World, I may very well say exactly...

4E was designed with tons of reactions for players to get to act outside their turn. It's one of the most significant things that 5E...

I agree about the risk of adding complexity. The real pitfall is when we try to solve mechanical problems with more mechanics. What I’m...

Inspired by another thread on the topic, I decided to take a slightly different angle and dig a bit deeper into why players lose...

In a survey of 1,000 TTRPG players in the US, StartPlaying, a tabletop gaming matchup service for professional GMs, found that mental...

Last weekend, I sat in on my nephew's D&D game, and noticed they were using a house-rule I've never seen before. I thought I'd share...

I feel like pretty much every "fix" 5E "needs" is because of this. (I put that stuff in quotes because although it is how I feel, not...

Some questions/thoughts: How interested are you in changing other systems to give more space to equipment? For example: Leomond's Tiny...

OOOh, this is an exciting project. Maybe we can incorporate it into one of the pbps eventually! -As far as gold/silver standard. Why...

I'm reminded of the scene in Eaters of the Dead (the movie), where two characters have a duel of sorts and one of them has multiple...

Since your goal is more good things for PCs to do with their cash, might I suggest a focus on consumables, and designing them to...

Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog really seems like something to draw on here. It's like an old Sears & Roebuck catalog that not only...