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Dungeon’s and Dragons is kind of reaching the point of being a generic name for fantasy gaming. I see it that way, or perhaps more...

It was like, what, maybe 6-8 hours, maybe a bit later? The turning point for me, where the game went from "sweating on every encounter"...

Anyone familiar enough to know the implications of this?

That's not my understanding of metacurrencies. My understanding is that metacurrencies are things that do not exist as such in the...

It’s out. GURPS Skill Trees. It’s a good book about reconfiguring the skill system through a skill tree approach. It there’s also some...

IIRC Dr Kromm (GURPS line editor) is currently working on a supplement with guidance on how to re-jink the GURPS skills system so there...

This has been in development for a couple of years, and Douglas makes good stuff. So I will be checking this out.

For the final time: that is a player’s choice to make. The system supports this by actually making it a choice available to them.

The incentive is an automatic crit success for the characters final action. The player decides if that is worth it or not, based on the...

That’s the answer to your question. The player decides, not the rules.

I disagree; if you pick the death option you get to act and that is an automatic critical success. Sounds like an incentive to me. The...

I totally agree with this premise, and think it extends well beyond meeting management. Making plans, adapting to changing...

I didn’t say when the backstory is generated… :)

I think you can separate players into two broad groups: those who give their characters backstories for the GM to put story hooks on...

Looking at the survey, it seems both mechanics and world are potentially up for changing specifics.