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This feels like I have to state qualifications before stating my opinions so let's just say I've been playing D&D since 1989, not... -
My simple answer: 5e has the lowest barrier to entry of any version of D&D I've played. For anyone who has never played a TTRPG before...
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Autumnal reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with
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I work with 12 year olds, and advise the D&D Club at my school (40+ kids!) They love this game. I've written grants to get them lots of...
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Liking new things takes effort, and the latest research shows that the cognitive reward (literally, the dopamine rush) we get from new...
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I've played D&D since 1st edition, although we skipped 4th for Pathfinder 1st. I've moved back to D&D with the 2024 edition because I've...
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I've been playing D&D since the Basic red box and AD&D. I've migrated with every edition change, and enjoyed them all. I enjoy this...
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A theory I heard a while back is that your teens to mid-20s are the formative time when things ‘imprint’ on you, and that sets your...
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Autumnal reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General Explain 5(.5)e to me with Like.
D&D in the WotC era (and arguably in the late 2E era) has moved away from "boy, I hope I can survive sneaking into this sewer and...
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Autumnal reacted to pawsplay's post in the thread What have you done since your first sale? with Like.
Nothing sells old titles like putting out new titles. No one has ever been able to explain quite how this works, but it's definitely true.
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Autumnal replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.I like resource management at the level of Ironsworn’s Supply trait. It’s on a 1-5 scale and covers most consumables. What’s interesting...
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Autumnal reacted to GobHag's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
There are two problems with mundane/associated resource; How it's done and what it represents. Stuff like encumbrance or resource die or...
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The kickstarter for a new edition (the third) of this seminal RPG is live...
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That’s amazing. So much of that makes me smile. The pro-union bit, the first stretch goal being extra money for the video creator, the...
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Autumnal replied to the thread What are you reading in 2025?.They did. It took at least a century for there to be a solid scholarly and collector consensus in favor of the printed word without...