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D&D!

Sure there are very few optimizers that do it for good complex reasons. The bulk are jerks, or worse. Optimization is fuel for egos...

The obnoxious personality and optimization go hand in hand for nearly all players. This is possible for mature, intelligent players...

Every game has poorly written or edited stuff, and this does not even count typos and mistakes. I find 5E in general to be very weak...

There are some quarks here though: The biggest problem is that in a lot of games, and even more D&D, that if the player just picks and...

It was enough of a trend or fad. The Rock really highlighted this type of tattoo (though his is not Maori) and as always people 'copy'...

Reality, Ohio, is a very small unincorporated community.........................

It is a bit much. There are a lot of factions. If you run a game with a plot, it is very hard to bring in all the factions and give...

As I live in Reality, it works out fine.

I see your just using "metagaming" as "anything you don't like". Metagaming is a Player thing: when players cheat by using information...

Much of the time, like 75% of the time, the character would be 100% clueless about the risks or chances. The big, huge problem is...

As an Old School 3 O'Clock High Teacher I can say this is accurate. Player Knowledge = Character Knowledge. Sure there were a couple...

In general I go with the light touch for most games. PCs often only even take jewerly or art to pay NPCs or use for sacrifices or such...