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My father got a stent in his 50s - he is 84 now and in really good shape and health. Stents are awesome. Perfect example of the wonders...

I had one day and night of finding out out many times one person (in particular, me) can vomit and pee in one day and night. Then I got...

I promised someone here I’d take a look at The Darkness Comes Before, now that I’m out of the hospital with a new stent in my heart, I’m...

Thats my approach. Not just in OSR-games, but also in 5e. Balance is an illusion anyway in TTRPG. Chess is a nearly balanced game where...

Wasn't that the opposite of math and just three oracles sitting in bathtubs of magic milk? Felt like a modern version of the oracle of...

I love when modern media and communication don't just get circumvented (battery empty, no service etc.) in horror stories but get...

Going further, as we’re all aware, disinformation is still a thing online. In The Ninth Gate, there’s all kinds of disinformation on...

I would love an action adventure by Naughty Dog. Eberron screams for pulpy adventure action in great setpieces, it would be great!

So, like, The Beatles? (Sorry Ringo! Forgive me!)

Yeah, I think this is the crux of it for me. A lot of games want to put everything into a neat little box these days. That can work for...

If there are, I'm not sure I'd want to play them. For the rules of a D&D-like to guarantee tough, but not deadly, encounters...

In 40-odd years I have found there is one way, and one way only, to do this reliably -- get a feel for the game and your group and learn...

Ah I understand your post better now, thanks for the clarification. Yeah, I agree! And my players do too, the examples I wrote above...

This resonates with me, even though the game of the RPG is very important to me. Because the game itself is a social thing, in the sense...

I like to start in media res and with some relatively isolated single adventure at the start so the characters and players can explore...