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Greyhawk book is NOT 'Shield Lands' but 'Borderlands of Iuz' according to team member
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Why Scott chose to comment BEFORE his meeting with Luke and the design team, later that day, to get clarification on the title . . . it...
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Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?
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No, what @TwoSix seems to me to be saying is that 5E or BitD can be engineered to other modes, same as GURPS or Savage Worlds, and being...
Tuesday at 6:39 PM
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Melf's Guide to Greyhawk: The Shield Lands
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Conan will return in Avengers: Doomsday
Tuesday at 6:36 PM
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Even in 1e Greyhawk didn't have inherently/invariably evil orcs. This is the population make-up of Greyhawk City and it's surrounding...
Tuesday at 6:36 PM
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I'd say it is less presentation, and more about conscious design. Take the Plotweaver system Brotherwise Games is using for the...
Tuesday at 12:58 PM
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Forgotten Realms cover to "Guide to the Dalelands" revealed, book delayed
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They...have done a lot of handpainted covers in the past decade? Specifically Tyler Jacobson covers. They also put out a ton of Magic...
Tuesday at 12:53 PM
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DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over
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There have been changes in the distribution, which if you look ICV2 also gets there numbers from. Also some bigger ish books don’t go...
Tuesday at 12:46 PM
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Do you have a "litmus test" setting for generic rule sets?
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I think that example rather proves their point, people have used 3E and 5E for just about every genre and Setting.
Tuesday at 12:46 PM
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You seem to be conflating "generic" with "covers all situations in a fashion to meets my preferences". D&D can absolutely do gunfire...
Tuesday at 12:45 PM
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And I'm fine leaving that choice up to the devs. Being a generic system isn't an inherent property of a rule system; it's a choice made...
Tuesday at 4:34 AM
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DnD 5e designer [Mike Mearls] explains how INDIE RPGs are taking over
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Seems reasonable. I'm partial to the Cosmere RPG, so I am trying to temper my read on the situation. But the evidence, such as this...
Tuesday at 3:03 AM
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Since the Cosmere Kickstarter was already fulfilled in the time period of the most recent ICV2 it wasn't included
Tuesday at 3:02 AM
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D&D 5E (2014)
Amazon US book sales rank.
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Note I have not verified the blog myself.
Tuesday at 1:45 AM
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I believe a second printing is out there. This blog from August 2025 posted about it and how uuu can tell. Huh. I’m now wishing I’d...
Tuesday at 1:43 AM
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Amazon US book sales rank.
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At the numbers sold, probably.
Tuesday at 12:23 AM
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