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Not really related to any other point, but the games most people think of as storygames do not give you more control over the narrative...

Its ironic that Wheddon wrote a line from Firefly about statues begin erected to celebrate people that were really butt holes in one way...

Wait...you want tight math and level disparities in the party... Fair enough. Each piece is not of equal value though, but has...

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If true, its rather ironic that the best selling edition ever was designed mostly by folks who dont play it. It sounds like a modular...

Isnt that completely represented by Black Widow and Hawkeye tho? Gandolf and the rest of the gang? Eleven and the hellfire club? Its not...

I'm not sure I follow all your logic...BUT I FREAKIN LOVE THIS QUOTE!

You ever do something you know you could be paid for while specifically not getting paid for it? Me, too, sometimes... Each of these...

The disparity disappears if the full Adventure Day is followed, as with the published Advebture material. Both of those are features of...

Yeah, that’s a good point — rest timing really does shape balance more than most people realize. Making it part of the design, like The...

That unreliable combat math is exciting because its not predicable across the entire adventure. Adventure day is a marathon not a sprint...

That wont work for me because I want the adventure day attrition model. More importantly, I want those resources in the hands of the...

I dont use D&D Illl tell you that much. I dont see that as an issue, I like the complex combat systems in RPGs as much as I like the...

Its always going to be a rub, but at the end of the day I dont blame the designers for what we have. There is absolutely no right answer...