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And in so doing you're dredging up faulty data - data that IMO was manipulated to help WotC make the exact point you're making - to help...

There are self-driving cars and all sorts of other types of cars as well. Trucks and vans are not cars; they're trucks, and vans. So...

Who says that? If someone plays only one game, they aren't likely to say, "I play my one game, because I know I understand perfectly...

We found 3e fairly similar to 1e: it works OK till about level 9 or 10, then starts to wobble, and by the low-mid teens the wheels come...

And I see the same with most TTRPGs - they do essentially the same things as any other TTRPG. Hey, that about sums up how we built the...

@Hussar And i will politely disagree. I think that skills that make good player or DM are system agnostic and lot of them are basic...

For me it's a mix. Some parts of prep* I really enjoy, other parts are a serious slog. Running at the table has a higher "really...

There's about a gajillion different makes and models of cars out there. I've owned the same car since 2009 and it's more than good...

Fair enough for one's own cooking at home. I think a better analogy here, though, is a restaurant. If I'm running an Italian...

Real conversation I had last weekend with one of my players: Guy: "You know, you could use ChatGPT to make those maps and encounter...

It seems like a fair comparison to me; it's perfectly reasonable to stick with a game you're having fun with. As best I can tell, the...

There are some people who cannot, or perhaps should not, DM. But out of a half dozen people interested in playing? I find it hard to...

If someone wants to play badly enough, then they can offer to DM. This is how I started as a DM. The reason that there is not a...

That is not an issue with control spells. It’s an issue with PC’s being overpowered.

Siiiigh. Yet again I have to point out that the survey you're quoting threw out all data received from any respondent aged 35 or over...