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It's a pretty wild ride, but that's Kirby.

I played a little bit of Air Riders with my nephews recently, it was fascinatingly bizarre, I do kind of appreciate the one-button...

Mostly Kirby Air Riders and Donkey Kong Banana, though sometimes I like to open up the NES App on my Switch and play Punch Out, Excite...

Again, this tightly integrates the two axis so that there is only one axis. And that is fine, but not what DH does. it is inherently...

That is the key element introduced by giving the Complication a bonus to the main D20 test: a player may want to get a Complication to...

Not per standard, but that is a pretty minor house rule if desired...and introducing a second axis could make it advantageous.

I think the real questions we need to ask are whether or not the Epic of Gilgamesh and/or The Fairie Queene are "cozy" fantasy or not...

A yesterday that never was, cleverly manufactured to sell products to people who either: Never experienced actual play in that era...

Setting romanticy aside for a moment, one of the things to consider when discussing cosy fantasy in D&D is a role playing game is not a...

One thing that Cosmere does with the Plot Due is all low the player to choose if Adv/Disadv will apply to the D20, a damage die, or the...

Available from his online store is Mike Schley's official map from the D&D supplement ‘Heroes of Faerûn’ in print or digital format...

I think divorcing the two rolls prevents weirdness with the Advantage/Disadvantage system. For example, say you succeed above a 10, and...

I was going to recommend this.

Yeah, after a certain point it is just dealing the hand dealt by a previous group of people.

Sure. They are a business. Still I see the logic in what they went with, to a degree. It’s not terrible.