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My grandkids are a little more nervous than I think they should be (frighted of a skeleton in Zelda!) but that’s not really the point...

No, but getting Heroes of the Borderlands for Christmas is cheaper than a lot of Lego sets. Just because something costs a little money...

Teen get to play it anyway, because parents don’t keep as sharp an eye on kids’ computers as they do on books.

most likely yes, WotC has nothing to gain from this. If a table wants R-rated they can add it themselves, no need for WotC to create...

I'll just say this. 4e classes were complained about because they were very very focused on creating the specific gameplay their...

Yes, and generate negative publicity for toy company Hasbro. The 80s moral panic wasn’t just driven by people who thought the demons...

Yeah, it's er... not great. I've maintained for a long time that Swen is essentially kind of an idiot who is good at basically two...

BG3 has an “18” certificate. Everything WotC puts out in print has to be “PG” (don’t offend the parents).

That's my point: if you have to make a pretty big rewrite/homebrew, then I don't feel the game is particularly suited for the genre. For...

Yep, it’s the use of the word “half” that WotC wants to avoid applying to people.

But if you can create it, there is no need for WotC to do so.

Call it what you like, it sells books so WotC aren't going to deviate from it. The majority of the growth in D&D has come from...

This is about level of complexity. WotC won’t make the game any more complex because KISS made the game accessible to the mass market...

I kind of miss the monstrous beast category from 3e. I remember a year or so ago a thread discussing stat blocks for domestic cats, and...

What I have noticed, having lived through 5/6 edition changes, is just how little anger there is. Not that anyone is saying "everything...