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Weird. Most of my college group is still playing. The HS GM that introduced me to TTRPGs also still plays. I am still in touch with...

Nope. It is speculation based on my experience working with sensitivity readers. It is clear they use them. No anger involved, just...

People are less tolerant these days. It used to be that our geek culture bridged the divide but that has waned. I am lucky to have a...

What about being an average DM is difficult? Understand enough of the rules, understand enough of the adventure, have enough social...

Grifters gonna grift and "you can't do this thing without giving me money" is a core precept of grifting. But the ratio of players to...

I agree with you. I do not really get the rise of the professional DM. I could not bring myself to pay to play. It is not hard although...

One of the things I really dislike that has come out of the rise of popularity of D&D (and to some degree other RPGs; but let's be...

I do not use the ignore feature as a rule. I prefer to see what folks post even if a few drive me nuts.

The word “Master.” That is the word that our readers often change/remove.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa to movie goers, 1995: "Your soul is mine!" The gods to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, 2025: "Your soul is mine!"...

I am sure that the sensitivity readers wanted Master gone. Ours dislike it too and highlight it anytime someone says that someone has...

The 50th was very disappointing. They put out a ton of garbage.

Someone is playing a dwarf sorcerer in one of my games and a dwarf barbarian monk in another. I suspect that small species will be...

I was a bit disappointed because I thought this thread would be talking about circus troupes as a framing device for an adventuring...

To multiple people at once? No clue. I doubt. I did read through it on offline mode and nothing was heated.