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Well, I got laid off from my job as a game designer at the beginning of the year. Several friends got laid off at the beginning of the...

With the right roll on the right crit table....

I'm 20 miles from 3 FLGS and 1 unfriendly LGS; the 3 FLGS all have play space... but only one is it publicly visible. College town...

Yeah. So? Its a forum, complete with moderation and allowed/banned topics. its the electronic equivalent of bar talk; sure, you can...

The nearest FLGS here is 3.5 hours away, and its hanging on by a thread. There's literally no place in the county where you could game...

It's not. Hell, the small town nearest me is tiny. It lacks public spaces... the library has no separate meeting rooms, and closes at...

This is a news outlet? Its just a gaming forum.

I had no idea there were gaming news outlets.

This is a niche hobby that requires group effort and commitment. That's not going to change. Online TTRPG systems like Roll20 or...

I don't typically play in public because it's noisy and distracting. It's bad enough at my local store's game days on account of the noise.

I live 3.4 miles from WotC HQ. Public play is not common here, in Renton, where there are more professional designers than any other...

RM will never die.

"May" I be the "first" to remind you it's a new month and a great time to remember you obligation.

No, its the reality of the hobby. There is a minority within the hobby that buys, learns, and runs systems & settings, and a majority...

Innovation in systems. The hobby seems saturated with endless splatbooks, and with games which feature a mildly variant setting, but...