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Yes, calling sequel games "editions" is one of the strangest things to me about the ttrpg industry. And then when something is actually...

Given the differences between 2e, 3e, 4e and 5e D&D, those seem more like new games in many ways rather than new editions to me.

Storm King's Thunder can be a great adventure, with some work. I ran a 1-20 level campaign that mashed up Lost Mine of Phandelver...

Ok. But there are similarities which make some players question. Like here's a cloud giant. But he's different than the other cloud...

It really fell apart for us. Here's my advice. You really need to change the meeting of the giant in the floating tower. It's set up to...

I don't think it's necessarily one or the other, that being on the designers or being on corporate. Corporate could have dictated a...

Multiclassing (along with subclasses) is the cornerstone of the character build mini-game, and, as silly as it seems, the character...

I personally like multiclassing. All fun builds I want to try include it, I do not think I would liek the game so much if it was removed.

Something I thought would be interesting to do is to take a critical look at the 2024 changes to the classes many people know and love...

Why can't people only be getting together to play D&D instead of RPGing? Going the other way, why stop at RPGing and not expand to all...

I love it in principle, or at least in theory. In implementation, I think it generally leaves a lot to be desired. Part of the problem...

None of the poll options quite express my opinion on the matter, which is that I really like the idea of wild magic, but I pretty much...

Personally I find improvising things with consequences for a narrative I want to keep consistent, while also juggling a bunch of rules...

A few things. Work vs hard work. No, running games isn’t that hard. But it is work. A lot more work than most players realize. A lot...

I see why and the dark backstory trope is funny to grating sometimes depending on the level of edge the player inserts, but on the other...