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Well the market leader is WotC, who seemingly have a suitable marketing budget to promote about three "big dumb campaign" type books a...

In a game of killing people and taking their stuff, you can't all be specialized in the killing people part. Sometimes it's nice to have...

We are also talking an archetype like Hanse Shadowspawn, or Robin Hood:

You could play a thief, and kill people. So there’s no need for a warrior, either.

No. For one thing, debate only differs from standard argument if it employs some structure or formalism. Plus, the challenge of...

I'll add that the claim "thievery is just skills, and that's different from class abilities" is a fallacy that I'm guessing traces back...

In general I would say it's because some people enjoy playing a sneaky character and it's a good idea to support popular archetypes...

The same reason real teams need specialists. In the worlds where "thieves" are a thing, need arises from the presence of theifly things...

Can't stop thinking about this: to really play into the "intrepid explorer" theme, I'd want a game to have some sort of "expeditionary...

Oh, Morrus, I'm so sorry but... Never, in the history of gaming, has anyone said, "Oh, yay! D&D! I get to track hit points!" :P Hit...

Yes, but what is "IT"? "A fun game centering on X?" is not really specific enough. Games need more focused design goals. A fun...

The biggest downside to this would be that a serious fail state, historically, meant that the people on the expedition died. Not...

This is the sort of game that I think Cortex would excel at. I could model multiple stress tracks: nutrition, health, injury...

Four hours of discussion? Oh no.

Personal opinion: They aren't generally interesting to play out, in and of themselves. Like, the things you do to prevent disease...