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Well, that last sentence probably points in a few interesting directions . . .

It's tricky, because it combines both an "observer" element - similar to reading or viewing - with a "participant" element - playing a...

I do not think mustaches are a “theme.”

Fair point. Does it sound weird then if I admit that my worlds never feature uniquely singular opponents that require their own stat...

The fun I remember were the antics of my players and their characters. The fun thing I did as DM, I feel, was provide the platform...

Yeah, I think I legitimately lost braincells reading it. There are some common design pitfalls, it's not uncommon to see mechanics that...

Yea, I just disagree with all that. Now, when I DM, I want to run the game the rules said and trust that they’ll give us an interesting...

Yes, we had fun overall, it is the reason why we are still playing, but I can recognise that mistakes were indeed made by me, where I...

What, you’ve never enjoyed a bad movie? I enjoyed the group and the games, but I was a teenager. I no longer have interest in games...

That is true, but there are number of us who look back on that period with more than a little disdain.

GM presents and players interact is pretty fundamental to RPGing (except at the avant garde cutting edge). But that doesn't mean that...

You made me think of these two blogs...

Like I said before, I don’t do modules. Never have. The few times I’ve tried I haven’t really lasted more than a session. So my...

That's what the so called "stat block" is for! That's part of the reason why I find it strange that "sandbox" haters claiming that one...

Well, the last two or so pages of posts seems to once again confirm what I alluded to early on... The only difference between a...