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I think this is key. Too many games make players choose between interesting options and combat-optimal options.

Hmm. Ideally I want a writeup of the factions' goals & resources; and a writeup of the sorts of benefits they give their members with...

Ok, cool. So yeah, I follow you there. If we go back to my example where the GM prepped a 'negotiate to get more domain area' and the...

What is yours then? Never hurts to be on same page for terms in case they are pivotal.

Doooood.... need to get you at our table sometime. So much fun when everyone is collaborating. Promise promise, it's not actually too...

I loooove food. I love eating food. Food is life. I love cooking food for others. I even butcher and process my own meat, make my...

I am gonna back this statement up here. I think @Blue is correct. When I GM, and I am being treated like "the chef" I am not having...

I have to disagree. Because "preparation" in this case is "the primary making of the meal", and in an RPG that can't be anything but...

With gaming's communal story-telling, I'm reminded of the old Stone Soup folktale (beautifully portrayed in Jim Henson's Storyteller...

5e has been out for a dozen years; I don't mind running or playing it now and again, but I'm really bored with discussing it here on...

I tend to regard "storygame" as a bit of a scare quote category by default - it's like Greg Stafford calling Prince Valiant a...

I think I enjoy classes/archetypes the best. I have done point buy systems for years, and now after playing a few other games I see...

What I am doing for my city book is ... for San Francisco in ... 1 page intro to book overall "how to use..." + summary preview 1 page...

Today I played a couple of "storygames" online, with @thefutilist and (in one of them) @Manbearcat. The first (with three players) was...

I work out modern advances. WW nWoD is my go to game for anything modern and urban. That game started in 2004. I put all modern tech in...