Recent content by coralwave

For our next game, probably Forbidden Lands. I don't see myself running any 5E equivalent, but we will be playing OSR/ NU-SR games. Funny thing is, I just joined a 5E game as a player (I just like the group and that's what they play so I went with it)

Cannot agree more. I'd add a specific angle- IRL conflicts can oblitirate a group and in my experience, even well adjusted adults can dig in and in most cases the group will look to the GM to mediate. Tiresome, Infuriating at times, but still neccesary. Good communication ind interpersonal...

patricide, title reclaiming, becme dragon

Viking Death Squad (a game about vikings waking up from cryo sleep to fight the actual minions of hell to hopefully save the world) is the only game I know that not only was inspired explicitly by a song (War Pigs) but actively encourages the GM to take lyrics and base sessions on them. "The...

power outage creates cliffhanger twice

Foundry can run locally, it's the VTT I use so that's my immediate thought. Take a look at Arkenforge, I think it's built for that usecase

improve my pacing as a GM, get at least 4 different systems to the table, cancel less than 10% of the sessions (hopefully)

I'm nowhere near qualified enough to talk about the distinction between all the bub genres but to me, Epic and High fantasy are different. high level DCC is INSANE, but the atmosphere is still not the same as 5E etc. Moorcock is a very good touchstone, but also CAS and Leiber (even without...

I personally use Foundry, I fond it incredibly powerful and versatile, but I'd like to spotlight 2 others: 1. Owlbear Rodeo for the gteat mobile support and being able to run on old PCs. With that, exstensible to a surprising amount. 2. DMHUB- an amazing VTT, not only free but feature rich and...

how about bag of mapping? Quick and Free Virtual Tabletop seems to have all you're looking for

I have zero personal nostalgia to TSR era D&D, I went "back" because of personal taste. Not to rehash the Revival/ Renaissance thing all over again, but I do think there are innovations in this aspect but even those who don't add something groundbreaking are just like seasoning. Every product...

Personally, I don't get the ire about retroclones. People are restoring very old cars to this day, vintage fashion is plenty popular and there are extremely profitable sports/ FPS AAA games that put out a near identical product every single year- people like nostalgic stuff, especially as the...

maze conquered, goddess freed, tremors

2024: A full year of gaming, almost no missed sessions (knock on wood). trying lots of one shot ultalight games getting Shadowdark to the table. overcoming major table troubles. A once flaky player joined a session from vacation. while on a boat, on a phone so we shared screen in discord so...

Lots of great suggestions, i'll add another: if you're okay with DIY- ICRPG. I'm over 1.5 years into a campaign and we haven't even covered one country in Alfheim. BUT- most of it is what you put into it. the frame is super solid, lots of tables for loot. another one is Burning wheel