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This was my concern. An expectation of a need to solve a potential problem, when instead it's something the DM can and should solve for...

I think I kind of get it thanks to a recent Sly Flourish or Questing Beast video. Gamers will optimize the fun out of the game but they...

Holy crap. My latest map is determines to defeat me with detail, but I refuse! It is taking bloody forever though.

Honestly the hardest habit to break, is worrying about the nonsense edge case players. Get rid of that mental load, and it all gets better.

I honestly find those complaints super weird. Between the background and the class, you already know what your PC is good at, and the...

This is indeed perhaps the very best thing about Shadowdark. By way of contrast, look at 1e or Basic and notice how incredibly bad...

Since my son decided he needed to wake me up, and I'm not yet ready to jump back into work, lets gaze upon the navel a bit. First, I'm...

I think I'd position stonghold play as what happens at 10th level in Shadowdark. It seems like a natural segue. The focus just shifts...

Unfortunately WotC did exactly this with an official bestselling module :) Siderant about Tomb of Annihilation, has nothing to do with...

Tomb of Horrors has entered the chat :-)

Having killer stuff in the first minutes of play is just poor design for a tournament adventure.

The exact opposite of what the impulse should be for a con game. DMs should be giving more latitude in general in those cases, not less...

You can start characters with max hitpoints. Use the pulp mode, which gives characters more luck tokens. And you absolutely don't have...

in addition, the full game includes a lot of extra tables and things, making it even easier to run on the fly.

https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/collections/shadowdark-core-rules/products/shadowdark-rpg-quickstart-set-pdf