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I still play from time to time: Barbarian Price Starfire I & II Arena of Death Citadel of Blood Car Wars

I said "Why are the APs so wordy? It would be easier to run there were more bullet points and fewer walls of text." He said "A lot of...

I'm not sure it was "meme nonsense." In an exchange on the forums where I said that the wordiness of the APs made them harder to run...

They probably should have used the word "defeated".

It sort of reminds me of the critiques of Shadowdark's casting system: some days all your spells fizzle, and other days you chain cast...

Yeah. We recently tried a game of B/X but most of the players and the referee treated it like 5E. It utterly failed as an old-school...

Must not press Report button... must not press Report button...

I will never understand that "perfect unto myself" or "win the game in character creation" mindset. For me, interacting with the...

My most dedicated mix/maxer player maxed out his HP and WP with his highest stats after getting no attribute higher than 15. He quickly...

This was a straight up fight, so the character shined. In other situations other characters will shine. The characters biggest weakness...

Cool! High armor is indeed great. Remind the players it has disadvantages. They tend to forget about it, in the heat of action. Plate...

And that is the reason I switched to Dragonbane from 5e (after playing basic D&D, AD&D 2nd ed, D&D 3.0, D&D 3.5, D&D 4 and D&D 5)...

Obligatory pedantry: “genus” and “species” are used in Roman-era Latin translations of Aristotle, which made them standard terms through...

Is Lord of the Rings medieval fantasy? No. It's High Fantasy. Here, we can see Frodo wearing pretty standard Hobbit garb. Trousers...

A very quick summary: Q) Is current D&D medieval? A) No. Q) Did D&D used to be medieval? A) No. Q) Is D&D steampunk? A) No. Q) Is...