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WotC has been repeatedly experimenting with more at-the-table elements for a while now. Remember the big boxed sets of Colorform-style...

I don’t have data on that, but remember it’s a model - a useful approximation, but real people are far more diverse than three silos.

I’m sure it cost a lot more than three times as much to manufacture. Starter sets are sold close to cost. And it’s selling like hot...

And all circles are flat (two dimensional). What, scoring points with silly arguments? Never!

Sorry for appealing to expertise, I know it's unfashionable, but I'm a trained science teacher, so I know a heck of a lot about making...

At least some of the kids who are "into sports" do it because they struggle in other areas. When I was a teen I was reading something...

And I really feel you aren't familiar with 2025 kids. And where probably a well above average reader when you received your Basic set...

I think you might be reading between the lines here, and it's far from clear what the author's original intent was*. A couple of days...

I came across this useful reference if you are looking to make your game more historical, although there is no clear advance that made...

Rapiers were suitable for warfare in the same sense pistols were suitable for warfare WW1 till today. Both weapons have similar purpose...

No, it's not great. A little better if you use smaller hit dice. Buffed hugely in 2024 rules.

Wildshape is nine paragraphs plus a table in the 2024 rules. The boards have room for about two sentences per ability at level 3. You...

Usually a safe bet with me. I agree with you, how much/how little meaningful freedom the players have must be a qualitive assessment...

The Ikiwisi*. *I know it when I see it

The components are cheep. And to a kid its a wall of text. The target audience for a starter set are kids who have never played before...