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That's how we play too. I cannot quite give up my miniatures and terrain, even in a remote game.

Other - Tom Wham! I just loved his whimsical take and cartoon style.

Really helpful replies. As a teacher, I can run Zoom sessions as long as I want for free. I certainly understand why others might gravitate to a less costly program. I also appreciate the persistent nature of Discord - that makes sense. I am not here to tout Zoom or anything, I was genuinely...

A few old GW models today. First a Wraith from 1992: Next, a pair of unsavory Dregs from the Mordheim line: Finally, a bouncy trio of old Squigs: Models completed in 2021: 29

Greetings, I was viewing some calls for players and DMs for remote games and I noticed there is a very strong preference for Discord over something like Zoom. I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to why that is? I even see folks with posts advertising a Zoom game having potential...

Thanks. I will let my son know you like it - he will be pleased. He is working on another winged beast that is looking awesome. I will be sure to post it when he is finished.

Welcome to the 2021 edition of Pogre's Miniatures and Models thread. I know I'm pretty late in posting this, but I'll explain below. Anyway, if you have not followed my threads before here is a look at some of those: The Original Thread Pogre's miniature and model thread. I started this thread...

I think it is a good analogy. My brother is manager at the number one Cheesecake factory in the U.S. They had more pasta sales than any pasta restaurant in town. More pizza sales than any pizza restaurant in town. More steak sales than ... you get the idea. The place is enormous and it is a...

I very much enjoy GMing - far more than playing. I force myself to play every once in a while just to experience the other side of the screen. Playing is pretty much a tool to improve my GMing. I agree that folks should try to GM at least once.

Good luck! Looks like a fun adventure. It would not have such a happy ending for me - I made a note to say as much.

Can you elaborate on this a little bit? Are you saying if system mattered to these folks they would not enjoy watching streams more than playing? Not criticizing, just trying to understand how this fits in.

I ran into this issue a couple of campaigns ago with the monk short-circuiting a lot of encounters. I noticed there were very few monsters with stun immunity and thought about creating some custom monsters. I did not do it because it was the Monk's thing. It was super powerful in that campaign...

Around 220 hours of table time.

I have done one semi-mega-dungeon in 5e. I agree with most of what's been said about what made the campaign fun - varied encounters were important for our group. I resolved to give up complete internal consistency in favor of variability. That flies in the face of some ecologically sound dungeon...

To me, it is like many of the high priced accessories - If it enhances your game and you can afford it - go for it. If you get 20 hours of enhanced entertainment out of it - it's worth it. Even if you don't use it, but enjoy owning it - that's cool too. That's a big part of the hobby for many...