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Hi all, Okay I thought I would create a new thread for the God Rules: Player's Guide Previews which should be coming every few weeks now...

Well, there has been talk of using the comic book model to determine what Age is what. The 80s are pretty early in TTRPG history, so I...

The big counterexample is Discworld, where a significant portion of the books are about making the world (or at least Ankh-Morpork)...

and now I'm picking on it. To be clear, a few years ago I would have been highly skeptical that I'd be fired up for any rules light...

Partly it comes from nostalgia. It also depends on what you base the concept of an "age" on. As someone who started their role-playing...

For me it was when I was with my first group and playing a game I love for the first time. There was a sense of wonder and excitement I...

All true enough, but when you're defining what you consider a Golden Age, problem areas are going to be part of why you do or don't...

Exactly. Unless people are actually playing the games, they're nothing more than expensive decorations collecting dust. If money is the...

Oh, I very much wish WotC was far less of a guiding lodestone in the industry. I just don't think there's anything to be done about it...

That's why I said permanent and unrecoverable. I'm ok if penalties are recoverable. Older editions had level or ability drain that could...

I think its more a case of visibility. Its hard for me to precisely explain what I mean here, but I can't help but think there were lot...

But they also have all the connections and all the marketing money. No one can compete with them, so maybe it's better just to discount...

Assuming I get to have the entire game and not just the corebook, it is in no particular order: Level Up, for the modern fantasy...

I think it's safe to say that 5E is most long-time gamer's second or third favorite version of D&D. It's not even in my top five...

I feel I can't agree with this until you define what Main Street needs to do to "do well" in your estimation. Make as much money as...