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Why do you think it sounds taxing?

That's a reference to kangaroos, not baby boomers, in case anyone is wondering.

There is this Santa Wear Your Shorts from Hi-5 for kids: Sant Wear Your Shorts There is also 6 White Boomers from an artist I won't name.

I bounced off it too. I guess I was hoping it was going to get better when I read the second book. It was very much not Pratchett. It...

I've got that book and that's a really good idea for store adventures. Short and sweet, and very easy to prep. And family friendly (to...

It has changed over the years. The first campaign I ran was Goodman Games's In to the Borderlands ending in a TPK. The players were...

I run Friday night tables at a LFGS. I am lucky to get the same players 2 weeks in a row.

I'm doing mostly one-shots at the moment. Real-time is very important to me.

I assume that the scene includes more that just the combat itself (on average).

As with anything, it varies, but I would say around 3-4 rounds per encounter. I DM at a FLGS, so player skill is probably different.

10 minute combats seem very quick to me. @SlyFlourish estimates 45 minutes per scene (Scenes – The Catch-all Step of the Lazy Dungeon...

I would prefer the assumptions were that one adventuring day can be completed in 3 hours including all 3 pillars.

Yeah, I've heard something like that before, I think it was specifically talking about Dystopian futures, but if I looked I'm sure I'd...

Gibson said, "Science fiction’s always been about the present. It’s seldom really about the future. It’s just a way of talking about the...

Sorry for not responding sooner, folks! I was busy on a writing project and I'm catching up. Most probably have the set now, and we had...