prabe's latest activity

In my own case, the game is working for me and for the players at my table, and I don't persistently have more energy than it takes to...

Because, "People should play other games in order to increase the pool of players I personally have to draw on," has zero chance of...

On the one hand, I'd expect people who enjoyed one trick-taking game to enjoy several. On the other hand, bridge specifically has some...

"More" players than GMs? Of course, if tables average 5 players you need a 1 to 5 ratio. "Far more"? You have no proof other than your...

It might be rude, if that's the expectation that's set. On the other hand, one of the reasons I can run any game I want, and one of the...

Absolutely not, I don't agree with what you say here at all. Based on what? You said before that it was well designed, now you're...

I just want to elaborate on this a little bit. The only time characters in fiction do things that "don't make sense" is (i) if the...

I just had a rec.games.frp.advocacy flashback!

There's "hard" that's enjoyable and worth the effort, and there's "hard" that isn't. I'm no good at all at chess, and I don't enjoy...

Let us not forget "many are called, few are chosen" (Knights of the Dinner Table, a statement about the gamer Dave Bozwell who...

I share the frustration with the constant deluge of third party gaming marketing, which included framing that you are not gaming right...

I remember seeing the same point made about D&D Beyond. The pitch is: "Character creation can take forever. D&D Beyond’s free character...

This whole thread reminds me of those advertising campaigns from the 50s and 60s. Canned and frozen food companies were going into...

Saw a headline, made me laugh. "Life being stressful, is not an illness." Normalize 👏 getting 👏 your 👏 naughty word 👏 together. (Note: I'm...

I would be especially quick to give someone I'd GMed for a shot.