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One strong point im trying to make is session 0 is no magic bullet. People will look you straight in the eye and say "im fully on...

In this case, there is no path, just an agreed upon end goal (we had a strong session 0 establishing this). Don't get me wrong, the...

I find the hill diers numbers to be over-exaggerated. They do tend to be loud in social spaces I give you that. Though, you give away...

I’ve had this work before and it comes down to variables like level of engagement, which usually means one or two players who are highly...

Last year, I started a D&D 2024 campaign to give the rules a "fair shake" and I decided to base the campaign on a great map (Dyson...

You can lead a gamer to mountain dew, but you cant make them drink. Some folks simply do not want to drive the game. As much as folks...

The release schedule changed. This is what Amazon does to good shows. Kill them.

This largely about how folks use them. There isnt anything inherently wrong in pointing out classic design vs modern. Though, folks tend...

If that fantasy is derived from D&D then calling out the mechanics of D&D as genre mechanics based on those books seems, um, a little...

So what 'genre' are we talking about here? I think those mechanics certainly scaffold a particular playstyle, but I'm not convinced...

I made an old speckled clone once. Was really close to the original but I carb’d mine as I didn’t have nitro.

So I went to the game store the other day. Then went for a walk. Lots of closed businesses due to the holidays still. Pub was open...

I'm not sure I buy that all the people who've ever brought up Goodman's problematic aspects to Bob were moderated by a YouTube glitch.

Like Bruno, we don't talk about Snar fu

That is a great quote for this discussion. I can even recall conversations about systems that are janky, and need to be hammered into...