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Are you familiar with 'Chekhov's gun'? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun If you are planning to run a long campaign in your...

So, it is a big-old, "that depends". With a note that there's a difference between what my character knows, and what the player knows...

Only if it matters. The best way to make it matter is mechanics. Have the cosmology actually mean something to the dice and tactics...

Edit: assuming a D&D type game... As a player: Having some very basic information, if relevant to the character's origin (ie does this...

Started reading the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels around six months ago. I'm a good way through the series at this point. *Looks up...

This is a bad call for most 11 year olds that I know. If the kid and their friends know enough to generate characters, then a simple...

Both the length and the content. Nothing adult, but it's not light reading. Dropping that door stopper in an 11-year-old's lap and...

Is the plan to run published adventures in a published setting? If so, I don't think you will need to focus on basic plot and encounter...

Just be aware that it's a 544-page door stopper. I would absolutely not recommend it for an 11-year-old.

The land is probably cheaper than the printing presses, institutional knowledge and distribution network.

For 5e, the first question would be which one of the TWO available starter sets would be best... (Starter vs. Essentials) Edit: and if I...

Baron Moh’s Keep Baron Moh has glimpsed a future where a motley group of adventurers unravel the fabric of reality itself – whether by...

I'll second the "World Builder's Guidebook". Also consider the Dungeon Master's Design Kit (Adventure design)...

I noted that as well. As this is the second time that you have raised the issue, do you view this as a problem? I will wait with bated...

I realize that this is probably to late for your adventure, but Venatus has a Skiffs & Skycoaches map pack: