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    D&D General Weird "DnD Is Dead" Youtube Trend??

    You know how hollywood will suddenly focus on the same thing from all studios? I think it's the same thing, but YT and D&D. I think couple that with the legit surprise overnight hit of Daggerheart and it's people being opportunistic. To avoid most of that nonsense I recommend Ginny Di, Pointy...
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    Dungeons & Dragons Will Announce New Products at Gen Con, Modules Returning to Game

    Between WotC releasing the general 2026 schedule and Paizo releasing their 2026 catalogue, it's an interesting tension between pre-announcing and waiting for GenCon
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    Press Kobold Press 20th Anniversary!

    hmm...I have a few Warlock issues from various sales or humble bundles or whatever. I didn't know I could get even more Midgard lore from them. Brain mentions Midgard Sagas - was that in a certain Warlock? or is it its own PDF?
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    When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out

    It's in Monster Vault 2 - I think it came out last year, but I was a Kickstarter backer so I've lost track of when it came out vs when I backed it and so forth. If you like the first one, which is mostly just SRD monsters redone for Tales of the Valiant, I think you'll really like the creativity...
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    When Player Driven Adventures Don't Pan Out

    I remember reading this when it first was written, but in my quick perusal, it looks like I didn't make a reply back then. Throwing in my 2 cents: if you look at pretty much any movie or book (or even the lives of most humans) - most people most of the time are reacting. The hobbits don't want...
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    RPG systems frozen in time

    haven't had to yet. I've only run fantasy TTRPGs. (And plan to run Starfinder 2e, but it's 2nd world SF, so that doesn't matter) Other than telling your players it's always 2004, you could spin an alternate history where we ran out of rare earth metals (unlikely - they're not actually rare, I...
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    Kickstarter Pirates & Plunder: Seafaring Options for 5E D&D and TOV

    excited! Can't wait to see the tiers!
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    I print them out - no need to worry about my horrible penmenship. :)
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    People can stop complaining about "historically inaccurate foods" in their RPGs now

    We gamers sure are silly. Yeah, this world can have dragons and genies and humanoid cat-people, but get out of here with your modern food! I know this tone doesn't fit every game, but I love that The Vast (Starfinder actual play) makes fun of this by either adding the word "space" or the...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    for those who prefer pen/paper there's an easy solution - copy that stuff onto a piece of paper either long-hand or print it out. The variant of 5e that I play - Tales of the Valiant - released a new character sheet with the player's guide 2 that has a page with space for all the feats. I put...
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    Press Kobold Press 20th Anniversary!

    That was a neat article. I only came to KP a couple years ago, so I had no idea of all this history (other than looking through the store and being surprised at the Midgard stuff for Pathfinder 1e). Happy to celebrate this milestone with them! It's not easy for a small company to make it to 20...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    I don't think there's any solution that doesn't fall to the "there was time now!" trope from Twilight Zone. Digital: Assuming the attack didn't involve an EMP - eventually the batteries will stop working or the screen will crack (by accident) or the plastic in the ereader will stop working...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    Thanks for the clarification. Great points there.
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    great point. MP3s were the death of great album art. If we ever go completely digital on reading, I imagine the same will happen for book cover art. I will say the only negative I've found with digital books is that I have yet to find a browsing experience that works the same for my brain as...
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    RPG Evolution: Why Paper Beats Pixels

    Or not understand how the math works. For a podcast I listen to, they have a contest around character creation. They'll list some parameters to match - must worship this god or must be this character class or w/e. I wanted to participate, but it was a starfinder character. Despite being very...
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