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Is WoW medieval fantasy? I don't think so.

I mean, maybe, but very, very few games (TTRPG or CRPG) make any real effort toward anything more than a medieval veneer.

That's weird, I don't have any modern tech that let's me read minds. But modern tech is WAY better at mass transit and communication. I...

To be clear, "I read it and didn't like it" is fine. "I read it and it is a bad adventure" usually isn't. Waterdeep Dragonheist reads...

So, explain. What obvious thing from reading DiA was born out in play?

Again, I think the period from the early/mid 80s to the early 90s, D&D WAS medieval fantasy -- at least insofar as one might categorize...

That’s interesting - I admit I’ve always tried to envision the weather in the locations in my campaign and being an American raised in...

That's fair. I have only played the game a half dozen times in 40 years of gaming. Every time has been pretty banal with mundane...

Yes, in some ways Arthurian stories are a medieval version of superhero stories - they are often telling the listeners (often knights...

The important thing about Arthurian Fantasy as opposed to other Fantasy is that Arthurian Fantasy is embedded in Chivalric Morality...

My favorite Arthurian rpg is Romance of the Perilous Land by Osprey Games. Neat little book with everything you need to play. It’s a...

Things that seem "obvious" in reading ate often wrong when put to the table.

I am not sure I would go back to running it, but I will say this: 3.5 was much more of an intentional toolkit than 5E, and it knew how...

It was interesting to hear Brendan Lee Mulligan say in the CR4 fireside chat that, if it weren’t for streaming, he’d still be running...

I’d see you out, but I’m already underwater and in a sack, so I can’t see you. By the way, for those not knowing: allodial land is...