Recent content by Hex08

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I started with the Basic and then Expert boxed sets but I think those were gifts. I think my first purchase was the AD&D 1E Players Handbook. I bought it at a Walden Books at the mall then my mom took me right to my friends house. What I remember most about the purchase was that when I was...

I've been using Fantasy Grounds since 2010 and have been happy with it. Happy enough that I have never considered another VTT, it worth the investment. It handles automation really well. It does have a bit of a learning curve but there are tons of you tube videos and the Fantasy Grounds website...

I can't speak for most people but that's definitely not the case for the group I play board games with. Unless we really don't like the game or it's a really long game, like Gloomhaven, our board games get played a lot. My favorite RPGs have been: AD&D 1E, because it was, along with the Basic &...

A reasonable ask so I will back off. @Ruin Explorer also reasonably answered me although points were raised I would otherwise dispute or clarify but will not do so to respect your request.

That's not a very helpful response. So if an NPC run by the GM adventures with the party from start to finish (or a significant part of the adventure) are they an NPC or a GMPC? Maybe I just don't see the difference others do, to me any character not run by a player is an NPC and is consequently...

That's a pretty broad statement. Both myself and at least one other person gave examples of why we do this and how we avoid your accusation. You may not believe us and stand firm in your conviction but that doesn't make it so.

I'm assuming the question was directed at me. During the first TPK a retreat was impossible. During the second (remember, it almost ended in a TPK but didn't) there were many factors; retreat was possible but we would be running headlong into another fight and we would not have been able to...

I dislike speaking for others but I feel like you are misinterpreting what @Laurefindel posted. My interpretation is not, and I also may be missing his point, that he is letting them off easy, as you seem to claim, but that he will, to paraphrase, challenge his players based on what his group...

Not to derail the thread, but I think a big cause of what you are describing in media, RPGs aside, is the consolidation of media companies. Fewer book publishers, movie studios and other production houses means fewer points of entry for new talent and more reliance on products that sell well and...

I rarely use puzzles with my current gaming group because several of my players don't seem to find them fun. However, some do so I do through them in on occasion (or they are already in an adventure I bought) and when they get stuck I think the answer is simple - your players are not their...

I only take the benevolent DM stance when running D&D, or more specifically Castles and Crusades (or in the past, Pathfinder 1E), since I haven't run D&D in years. I will usually create an NPC to fill a gap in the party. For example, if no one wants to play a cleric then I will make one and play...

I've tried to do tat a couple of times but never went back to the original campaign so I stopped. Now, when I run a long campaign, I run it start to finish

Castles and Crusades is my go to when the rare occasion presents itself that I want to run a D&D game. You are right that it's a D20 hack but it simplifies the D20 system while having an old school feel. When I play it I feel like I am playing a 2E game (even though I started with B/X and 1E, 2E...

I seem to be pretty lucky. If I want to try a new game my group is happy to give it a try. The biggest problem I run into isn't their willingness but their adaptability to other game styles.