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I feel like this is something that might be blameable on Game of Thrones. It's like every show now needs fifteen main characters, each...

On the other hand, real life explorers were not exactly beloved by many of the locals of the places they were “discovering.”

I agree. I think the best way is to just take the game you like the most for its base mechanics (Shadowdark in my case) and then slap...

Man, that's what my Shadowdark campaign is about. I might just steal all the haven management stuff from this.

Have some time tonight to jot down some more systems that reward exploration: Ultraviolet Grasslands - Grants XP Irownsworn (free!) -...

I have a nice plan for 2026 IF I find the time. So I never read the classic dnd novels and my plan is to tackle The Dark Elf trilogy...

I just finished reading Novalyne Price Ellis's 1986 memoir, One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard, The Final Years, and I feel like...

Thats such a great idea! I have the same problem, fantasy names often sound too... fantastic to me. Like not based on any culture, just...

I started having that thought circa 2002. Most groups playing 3E I saw weren't doing it like forum theorycrafters assumed. They were...

You also can’t have a debate because it doesn’t have a view.

Sorry I misunderstood you, I thought you were speaking of indie videogames. In the TTRPG scene I fully believe the complete desinterest...

If you're knowledgable in economics, you've got to know that assuming rational actors is, in reality, a failure state.

I am not a fan of most fantasy names, with their apostrophes and not-found-in-the-wild structures. When I'm making names for roleplaying...

The Monster Overhaul, The Stygian Library and Google Translate.

Do you know that in fact from their dev teams too? Or das "any" interest exclude interest in source code development or "business" text...