haakon1's latest activity

I just finished the podcast. It was a blast to listen to. I started to read some of Peterson's books this year, but I'm progressing...

Because of level draining, I always keep old copies of character sheets. You never know, and that makes it much easier. Players hate...

Well, to be fair, I was trying for "funny" over both "helpful" and "true"....

I don't think this is entirely helpful. And it's not really true. From day 1, streamlining and removing rules to appeal to newer gamers...

In other news, in order to appeal to a new generation of gamers, the 2025 Edition of Chutes and Ladders will include only Ladders, no...

Level drain is useful for moving characters between campaigns. E.g., my sister-in-law had a 7th level paladin in a campaign we ended...

I'm not sure if I'd call it "player skill" so much as "anticipating Gary's gotcha ideas." I think most groups for most RPGs figure out...

Dammit, Jim, I'm a bard-killer, not a writer of pointless essays that no one wants to read! Somehow, in the comments on my last essay...

It's that time of year again.... that's right, time to collect that latest batch of sub-par and randomly meandering thoughts into an...

Sounds right. I think OA was the first (or one of the first) D&D setting that wasn’t quasi European (unlike Greyhawk, Known World, FR -...

Yeah. At this point, unless you're actively selling something, we're doing this for the entertainment of others and ourselves...

I agree. Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it’s Warlocks (what I play), but it seems like D&D gets more complex with each edition. I was...

Now that the kids of the players in the group are getting older they join us sometimes, so I have taken to introducing them at 2nd/3rd...

True, but it’s sad this approach leads to quasi European with modern values + Star Wars cantina non-humans as the only society type in...

I remember watching an interview a few years back about a New Zealander who had won a TV talent show in China. He played it down saying...