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I don't think it's obvious at all that engaging with the game outside of the narrower definition of play (i.e. the conversation) is play...

We often sit around the gaming table discussing game anecdotes at the start of the session, but eventually someone always says "Ok...

Why do RPGs have rules? Here are the key points in the OP of that thread:

Above, I said that I would limit stat growth to 16 in the point-buy environment you presented. As a player, I would have no problem...

I feel like this whole exercise of meddling with a big and well oiled machine and interlocking systems can be avoided by simply turning...

What comes to my mind when thinking about “play is paramount” is to think of an after report of play. Recently on another website, I was...

If 'play' includes chargen and GM prep then the OP becomes meaningless. So no, I don't think these things are 'play'. Did you play D&D...

Which is reason to be leery at best to calls to follow "real world biology" as they often (a) only tend to be selectively applied to...

Ok, sure, though real world biology seems to apply sporadically at best to D&D monsters. We could posit alternative fantasy biology...

Nah I was totally thinking about that other dude talking about Yolande Still not sure what "real world biology" has to do with elf...

A little bit. Each document gets a bit of introduction; usually a few paragraphs, sometimes closer to a page, summarizing what it is...

No one's bothered by that. I think tons of people have done that with dark elves in their own home games. People have been saying that...

You probably know this old Forge thread: [IaWA] Breaking Bad Habits It's all pretty good stuff, and - which is something we spoke about...

No, that was someone else: D&D General - Melf's Guide to Greyhawk: The Shield Lands

Depends which book you're talking about. The one WotC published is The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977. It doesn't...