Recent content by John Lloyd1

I think start playing would have the best data set. You aren't going to get a perfect set of data and I don't think you need one for these sorts of discussion unless you are after a very specific insight.

True, but getting the number of seats is more effort than I wanted to spend on getting the figures. I have already spend too much time fixing the formatting. It doesn't include the cancelled tables, which is better than nothing.

I don't think GenCon is representative of general tables (for percentages). I had a look at the GenCon 2025 tables: GameNo. of Sessions Other54.88% Dungeons & Dragons20.32% Pathfinder7.54% Call of Cthulhu3.35% Starfinder2.96% Avatar Legends: the RPG2.18% Shadowrun1.96% Dungeon Crawl...

Wouldn't that depend on your definition of how big you are before you stop being an Indie. I understood D&D was roughly 2/3rds of the market.

That sounds very much like an attempt to whitewash history.

I have recently finished reading two books about London history, London: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd and London: the Autobiography by Jon Lewis. The Biography was roughly chronological with the chapters organised by theme. It left me rather cold in the way it seemed to focus on the vibe of...

When I was working in an After School Care program, I had to sign in about 50 kids at a time. My signature ended up being a single initial.

What is the rift they are talking about?

Good to hear about international play. I like those character sheets. Everything is on the sheet including spell descriptions. It's not using spell slots and is very simplified. Good for a beginner. It would be interesting to see higher level ones. That was only 1st level. I could imagine have...

I 100% agree with this. Also, the consequences matter more in my opinion. If each roll is life or death, it will feel more swingy than a roll that whittles down a few hit points.

My FLGS has been calling their D&D nights "adventurers league", but haven't been serious about doing it in accordance with official Adventurer's League format for years. They have just been using it as a label for their D&D nights. Some questions I have are: Will the FLSG support be rolled out...

Also, story dice are good.

I recommend Do: pilgrims of the flying temple. Not strictly a RPG, but a story game.

It is number 13 currently in Start Playing (https://startplaying.games/play/game-systems). I'm note sure how that priority is calculated, but it appears to be dynamic.

I can't understand the value of a backstory generator. I sometimes imagine LLM AI as a version of the electric monk from the the Dirk Gentry series. But instead of watching the video we have recorded on our VCR for us, it expands our thoughts into large documents that it then summarises for us...