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You're assuming we're only playing D&D. Thousands of games have much lighter rules. Your question becomes very different when not viewed...

I play quite a lot of one shots and short campaigns. It lets me play lots of different games. Like watching a movie instead of signing...

Oh you could easily reskin mechanics for sword thrust to instead be witty insults, and swap hit points for reputation, and have...

To me modern games give players some sort of control over the setting/story beyond just their own character. Be it through some sort...

It does look fun! Nice to see Trevor back. Also nice to know that the Department of Damage Control is still around ... it feels kinda...

I might be in something of a bubble, but absolutely none of the indie publishers I am aware of have any interest in AI, and in fact are...

Apropos of nothing, since I've been sternly informed that this thread is not about TTRPGs, there's a MASSIVE industry on Facebook of...

And yet earlier you said AI produces "slop", but this slop is at the same time indistinguishable from genuine human writing?

How so? I've seen my own writing being accused of being AI when it wasn't (not to mention artists being constantly accused of it). I...

I take it you have never played Dread?

First and foremost: because other games exist. That's like asking why I eat steak when apples exists. Beyond that, in my particular...

A VETERAN GAMER'S PLEA: WHERE'S THE LARGE PRINT OPTION FOR TTRPG RULEBOOKS? I’ve been knee-deep in dice, character sheets, and rulebooks...

Why would you play only D&D when there is a wealth of different experiences to be had with other genres and systems?

I think the question is strange. It treats D&D as some kind of default, as if one needed a reason to play something different. For me...

The thing is with point buy they don't need to be balanced, as the player has the choice as to what suits their character best, both...