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I am still musing about how yesterday I got a mail delivery (on a holiday no less) of several packages containing two new Traveller...

The Ferengi already joined the Federation in Lower Decks.

Railroad is not the same as linear or published adventure. Its a term for a GM style in which the players are offered no agency from the...

There's a big difference between linear and railroad. Railroad is quite a negative description of an authoritarian GM who micromanages...

My current sandbox campaign is largely populated by existing adventures, locations and other bits I have stolen from all manner of...

It would be interesting to do a post-DS9 show that continues the idea of a frontier settlement but isn't beholden to the same...

...and im telling you that your use is derogatory and offensive, no matter how many people you think agree with you.

But... I found the Sistine Chapel to be annoyingly underwhelming. The problem with being "experiential" is that not everyone walks away...

By these definitions, my games are closer to Lego sandbox. Or, maybe a Lego sandbox within an open sandbox? I don’t actually limit my...

It also won't help if they take another two years to come out with the next season.

Only in the sense that DS9 felt complete enough that it doesn't kind of require a continuation. I'm not sure there was much "demand" for...

Sort of, that switch from Ellie to Abby happens immediately though and I dont have to stop playing Last of Us 2 and wait for Last of Us...

I thought much the same. I think thats kinda the rub of a lot of these discussions. Folks are way too focused on labeling their specific...

It seems like any stuff that you have pre-built in your setting, such as a pre-existing dungeon or an area that has detailed politics...