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Yup. The odd thing is that he is actually saying that young people do want the sense of risk, so it seems his rant is more directed at...

Well, it depends upon how you look at it. When you compare them one to one, obviously Mearls' responsibilities outweighs that lone...

Yeah, I didn't mean to say that is what he really meant. I was only saying that what he said applies well to "traditional RPGs." As I...

Yes, but not everything needs to be funneled into culture wars (e.g. Blue Sky vs. Twitter, etc etc). It would be nice if we could just...

I hear what you're saying--see my last longish post in this thread. I will say, though, that I don't think we need to interpret what he...

A few thoughts on sense of risk. I'm reminded of what goes on in my mind when I'm searching for something to watch. Fiction or...

I hear what you're saying, but think that character creation time is just one factor. And if "commitment of our time" is what it boils...

I think "constant risk" is a bit much. He didn't say that, at least in the tweets I quoted. He used the phrase "sense of risk." Whether...

Honest question: What do you mean by "tone deaf?" Maybe I mistake your usage, but this implies that he's oblivious to how his tone would...

Scratching my head a bit here. Every so often I stumble upon one of these mega-threads and set myself the task of trying to figure out...

I understand that this feels better to read, but to me it sounds like a request to refrain from expressing yourself if you're unhappy...

One of my fondest memories of yore was running myself through the 1e DMG's random generator. This was 35+ years ago, but I think I'd...

I'd even buy the notion that more DMs would be better at low/no prep than they realize. But we could still say that D&D is bad at...

Well, if we're taking the broad picture, prep has always been an obstacle - especially in the WotC era, which is now half of D&D...