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I think some people are willing to live in a state of denial about their loved ones than live with the truth. The infected are willing...

I did oversee that, but it doesnt change anything about my answer. Class-based games - like D&D - have the thiev as class because the...

Yes, because it is a class-based game. You could do everything with skills, but then its a different game. So the easy answer is we have...

I think you're maybe not familiar with the newer (by like a general "length of TTRPGs existing" newer) modules that I think many of us...

I have to agree with @zakael19 here. I don't think the tradeoff you see is intrinsic or necessary. Modules can be both easy to run AND...

Oh, maybe. In that case maybe they should write a novel, and then release an easy-to-run module that corresponds to the novel?

I mean that depends whom you ask. The "dark age" is famously misrepresented in modern media. The peasants did not work more than us...

Genre as we use it is more about marketers categorizing the readership than the text. Some people like the good puzzle of a mystery...

I did a creative writing major in college and my thesis was a collection of fantasy short stories. Small school with a big ego about its...

Horror is also an incredibly broad genre. It’s not all gore or gross out. You also have thrills, psychological horror, gothic, zombies...

I would argue that the power over life and death remains, it's just obscured slightly.

Because these systems are about survival and decision making in dangerous environments. Equipment is a big part of that. For me the...

In games about getting treasure and getting out alive, I think this is super important. What are you taking? What are you willing to...

I like that on forums the only algorithm is other people deciding if they want to engage.

Assuming all the posts aren’t made by AI bots by then… I had to spamban one this week. It’s started, and they’ll get harder to detect.