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I think if they don't have a solid grounding, that you're going to have the experience I had at the convention. Maybe they watched a lot...

You're conflating bad design and not being financially successful. I don't deny SD's popularity or financial success. However, I do...

Seems correct - assuming you get to the +4. My character did not because I didn't get to make my own character. For my preferences...

For me, I think the golden era is still going strong. There are many varieties of games. Heck, even I am finding new systems I like...

The problem is that there's nothing to tell them that they're not following the rules or that they're being bad GMs. Because when you...

No Luck tokens. I don't have the character sheet on hand, but let's say I had a +2 from Intelligence. I don't recall any advantage on...

We did not have the choice. We were beset by mindless giant insects with no advance warning and couldn't escape if we tried. It was run...

A fighter isn't limited to 2 swings of a sword per day. A miss with a martial attack doesn't mean that your character is "spent" for the...

I agree. Even Gygax didn't stick to the 3d6 in order. It's been a mess since AD&D, and shouldn't be a standard method, because you end...

Or worse yet: Chessex's convention specials that actually replace the 1 AND the 20, making them completely useless.

I don't like using dice like DCC - most of them look similar to existing dice. For example, you might accidentally pick up a d24 instead...

since you seem to want something that has a bit of OSR DNA, maybe give Land of Eem a chance https://landofeem.com/what-is-land-of-eem/...

Hmm. Yeah I guess start looking at story first games or house rules.

I have it - got it with store credit from my LGS. I'm starting to think D&D is too deadly and adversarial. Since 2014 I've had only one...

We just got books in 2024 and 2025.