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I think it may have been more the perpetually online players who participated in build analysis that ruined the game. Most players that...

I know that 4E for some people looked closer to MMOs because it does use similar clear language (both similar to MODERN MtG (which kind...

Was it the emotes or the raiding?

Fantasy Craft was my D&D 3.5 heartbreaker. I have the books sitting on my shelves, I've spent hours reading them and gushing over them...

I miss the era. I miss the wild west feel of publishing and eventually the wheat separating from the chaff. We got some really solid 3rd...

I recall the Dragon Magazine articles counting down to 3rd edition. I remember thinking that they are ruining the game and this will be...

Meow Wolf is a cool experience - I live near the TX location - but I never really contemplated an RPG of it. It's not something like a...

A fair number of RPGs these days have "chase rules" that put some mechanics on pursuit and evasion. That's probably a good place to...

And c) if you insist on fighting, sometimes you will meet very swift end because you picked a fight with someone/something that's way...

You're going to find that outside of 3E and later versions of D&D most RPGs do not have "encounter balance" as an area of focus. Even...

Why not just run it at Level 0 using the DCC rules as-is? It's not like there's a lot of "system" at zero level anyway. After the...

I kinda hate that this is a trend. It’s funny for consumers to dunk on corpos for obviously not actually liking the product they’re...

"If you didn't bother to write it, why should I bother to read it," applies in creative works.

Also goes to show that us continuing to express our disdain for AI is working, at least in some places.

This is "solution looking for a problem" thinking, and is backwards from how you want to move to satisfy customers. Find the problem...