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A timeline is just a map of time, rather than a map of physical space, in which case this reduces to a form of map and key. With...

Yeah there won't be any red text anytime soon in this thread....

The examples the OP gives are not a problem. Bioessentialism becomes problematic when two things happen: 1. The essentialism is about...

The big problem I have at this point with longer novels is that I've gotten into the habit of reading a novel in the evening between...

That's Hardwired. Metropolitan is urban fantasy. The Hardwired sourcebook is fascinating. I wonder how many times an author has been...

I absolutely agree. A high page count demands a lot of the reader and when it is not justified, I almost get mad because it feels like...

I finished reading Williams' Hardwired. Third time reading it, and I think its influence was even greater than I originally thought...

About halfway done with No-Prep Gamemaster 2E. I liked 1E with a few caveats so wanted to take 2E for a spin. Some of the problems with...

I was that other person in the other thread. I don't want to argue for argues sake, but when people actively misdescribe the game I like...

Dropping a boulder off a cliff onto an enemy camp while they sleep is technically combat, but one with probably just one big roll.

Sorry to hear that none of your DMs knew how to make it work. :/ 1. That perfectly cromulent house rule does fix this issue, though...

That is a fair point. The SD rules are quite brief especially on expectations and how the game is actually supposed to run and kinda...

Avoidance or trying to get in advantageous situation is exactly that. Its stated by most OSR creators in their blogs and products. Here...

Of course the rules are 80% about that fail state, because that is when your characters die. You want to have precise rules here. The...