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Coming back to pitfalls in game design, I’d like to talk about one that occasionally comes up in the games I read, which is...

Shadowdark too. I think having viable alternatives on FLGS shelves and with enough player base, will help the hobby. Hopefully D&D...

I actually just emphasized that to my players in-game last night. "Why doesn't someone just clear out the Verdant Waste [a massive...

And I was using the 4e version as my basis, which is why I read minions as primarily a narrative device.

I agree. The minion is a narrative tool according to what 4e wrote about its use. Like any tool, though, you can also use it for other...

I've always assumed adventurers of any species are very rare because, quite frankly, it's a suicidal way of life that only looks...

I play to explore an imaginary but self-consistent world, plausible within it's assumptions and supernatural exceptions. In many cases...

My response to that is not to run a no gunpowder game, but I know a lot of folks value aesthetics more than I do.

I agree simulation really is an important. Is more of a sense of connection to the backdrop. By shoving a whole bunch of different...

That 200 years of fertility is a major assumption though. On Earth we know a woman can stop being fertile (go through menopause) and...

I think reality has shown us that, while it's certainly nice to have solid worldbuilding reasons for your classic fantasy RPG...

D&D is indeed not Tolkien nor Middle Earth but your assumption that they would expend significantly more resources and want to grow...

Well there are a lot of things that could account for the difference. Humans may have a much higher fertility rate overall and be...

Well...I can definitely see that point of view. Reminds me of the Agent Smith Virus Theory. Or Idiocracy.

Or - put another way - in fields like this where mistakes don't really matter very much, trial and error is sometimes the very best way...