but 5E is based off attrition?!? so if that barely works, then D&D barely works!?!
oh well, good things most players couldn't care less about rules and how they work.
They don't ruin the game, they provide the D&D feeling that is so vital. If a player saved their control spell until the super dangerous monster showed up, then they deserve the chance to shut it down in one action. If a DM isn't wearing down a party through attrition, then they deserve to...
If you don't want a single control spell to end an encounter, just give your boss monster an army of underlings to accompany them during the boss fight!
Did we mention Pioneer yet?? I might have missed it browsing through this thread?
I assume having someone with NASA experience write your space TTRPG qualifies it as simulationist??
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mongoosepublishing/the-pioneer-rpg-explore-the-solar-system
"Pioneer was...
I have to disagree with the premise of this thread because I'm firmly in the camp that Gygaxian Naturalism will produce the strongest community in the long term.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/edition-wars-are-good-for-enworld.699118/
Well the person who wrote it recommends using a bennie system to over ride some dice rolls so that you're more likely to generate a human friendly planet, but a true simulator will have no problem rolling dozens or hundreds of planets until a life supporting plamet is rolled up!
Golden Sky Stories is a heartwarming, non-violent role-playing game from Japan, by Ryo Kamiya. In this game, players take on the role of henge, animals that have just a little bit of magical power.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118784/golden-sky-stories
If you're looking for simulation, then I would like to recommend "Architect of Worlds," a sciencetifically accurate world generation system. It may take four hours for a first timer to generate a planet using this system but it's a small price to pay to accurately simulate the creation of a...
I guess being produced in Mexico by a Mexican animation company is bound to make it pro Mexican.
It's more faithful to Aztec culture then Ninja Batman was to Japanese culture!