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Does checking for Hope and Fear really count as being a separate step from rolling to hit? You're supposed to have two obviously...

This feels like a good question designers would be suited to answer. If we take combat as one part of a game... I don't like combat...

Keep in mind that responsibilities are not necessarily shared equally between the GM and player. The player in D&D only rolls to hit...

Looking at the number of steps in isolation is not very meaningful, especially as how to break them down into steps is (perhaps...

I've kept a lot of the subtle humour in Shadows of Empire, which is WH for Shadowdark. I think the humour is an absolutely essential...

While Warhammer Fantasy wasn't strictly the level of satire that 40k was, both were originally approached with tongue firmly in cheek...

This thread is for the general discussion of Pets & Sidekicks. Click on Overview for more information. Pets and companions for your D&D...

I've run Vaesen; YZE works well for investigative/horror genre, just the usual caveats for play to avoid locking clues behind high...

The number of skills does vary, tho' not too much; it's 3 or 4 per attribute, 4 attributes, in most of them. The more important...

What do people think about the the Free League Year Zero engine? We are fixing to play Twilight 2000, and I'm looking at The Walking...

WFRP had "The Small vicious Dog", it was not just a "Terrier". It British humor making its way into the setting, you could tell that...

For the most part Warhammer Fantasy has never been as dark and dreary as 40k. Still it has it's black humor stuff like the Leg Tax in...

It's so grimdark that it wraps around to absurdity. To enjoy the game you've got to embrace the absurdity.

I know WH from WHFP 1e and I've not followed the setting from there to 4e. I'd love to hear ppls' opinion of the setting the designers...

Sirlin's Playing to Win feels pertinent here, as well as the casual/hardcore divides in video games that led to negative gatekeeping...