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I find this true for a lot of games too. My game is a hard 5-6 hours, but I see a lot of other games that barley make it 3 hours. And...

What is an alternative system? I've played a lot of RPGs over the years.

9. In many cases, players go off the rails unintentionally by simply heading in an unexpected direction once they start an adventure. If...

The way I do this in my game is to simply ask the player: "What would distract your character if your character was the guard?" Plenty...

I use the same basic default for any game. PCs are easily more special then roughly 75% of the world: all the people in the back...

I use random encounters a lot. I love randomness. I make a lot of my own tables, and I throw in lots of crazy, wacky stuff.

As it was asked, the above is a perfect example of what I call a Buddy DM. See how the DM just gives away free information? When the...

I can't really speak to what you have or have not seen. I have no idea how you "read" that. I do count things such as Paying Attention...

To be fair, just about all fiction does not show any negative consequences. Or really any consequences. Fiction focuses on a telling...

It might be useful to have a little snap shot of The Time Before Time: There were three basic Heroes that were popular in the 70s and...

Is the fact that you can ignore, change, alter and add to the 'game rules' not enough? You won't find many other games with that...

It is the kind of rule I ignore as a DM. So guess we are two sides of a coin.

Well, it can be said that I am very much against Silly Action Movie Stuff and Silly TV Stuff. And all those Tropes. Like how often you...

I have heard that before. So many players think the "toss a rock" should be an Epic Level Power Event where any NPC automatically...

Well, first you want to establish with the players that they can use player skill and toss the silly rule book on the floor. Also if...