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And the food itself behaved like food with an ironic fae curse on it (eat the food that wasn't yours and you mysteriously grow heavier).

The wording here was particular interesting because referring to the food as a "trick" evokes references to 1e DMG Appendix H where a...

Does this perhaps indicate a misfit with the gaming system? EDIT: Or the genre of the game? As a player, I don't care to be given toys...

"Sorry, that I'm looking at my character sheet, but so far my character sheet is more interesting than the game you are running."

There is definitely an art to it. I was playing Mysterium once and had perhaps the worst teller I can imagine. This fella was handing...

Which is why telegraphing is vital, in my opinion. As a GM I have often feared giving away too much and handing the solutions to...

D&D should include Festivus rules including Feats of Strength and wrestling and pinning the DM. 😁

If your game gives players a sheet full of stuff to look at, but relying on that sheet creates unsatisfying play, either you built the...

Aside from the dodgy example, I think the whole premise is wrong. The character sheet is two things. First, it is a letter to the GM...

It's way deeper than that even I think! It's a fundamental part of Western (and I suspect Eastern, and probably African and Oceanian...

Yeah, I have a very hard time with that example. Everything in my experience as a player - experience that’s not on the character sheet...

I think the first game my son played with us in when he was 8 has magical food in it. He jumped up and said, "Don't eat it- its...

I mean, was it? I'm guessing "No" because, for my money, that's deeply bizarre and counter-intuitive, not "very simple". It also...

Player characters are wonderful things. They have an array of abilities, talents, and special powers that can deal with almost any...

Right. So, you get this, but then.... One example, from 44 years ago, does not a recognizable pattern of "plenty" make. If you are...