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The current set of players I am with are learning these disparate elements. I find similarities to playing in a sport. You learn the...

.... I mean I'd watch it. Sounds like a Dark Crystal style story.

“Skilled play” is a poor term for the play patterns it’s trying to describe, yes, and for a lot more reasons than this. But, there is a...

My take, having read a bunch of stuff around OSR ethos + participated in a fair bit of discussions on the side of some NSR games + run a...

Good to interact with you again, pemerton! I completely agree that Gygax and Pulsipher are describing the same playing style. There is...

Often when an adventure or module gives a random encounter table or the like to use, about half the time I rolled dice and used the...

Two things to briefly add, focused more through a design lens: "...balance isn’t about making things equal, it’s about preserving...

Tank meets drone. (Yes, high quality armor is expensive, yes, it does work.)

I think it’s fair to say that modern xianxia fiction is dominated by Chinese manhua and web novels, some of which have been adapted into...

Not as versed in xianxia stories; it seems like it'd need some kind of tall advancement core, whereas wuxia would tend to look more at...

Is there any version of D&D that isn't focused primarily on tall advancement?

Occasionally I find myself leaning towards rules that tie weapon property effects to successes, crits and the like gotten on a roll. :3

This guy is a lot less focused on “um, actually”ing than the people who make this kind of content tend to be. He talks not only about...

As a DM I may add 'a beheaded skeleton lies before the mantle, legs bent as if in supplication'

A good player should be ready for anything; especially when I'm GMing. Difficult combats! Social challenges! Eat a taco topped with...