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It was a great opportunity for WotC to introduce some of those tools into D&D. I used to love when each new Paizo AP would introduce a...

It's been my experience that people in the "5E does everything" camp are either designing a game system (where 5E versions sell much...

Over the weekend, I listened to the brief (3 hour) lecture series "A Short History of Role-Playing Games" by Jamin Warren, from the...

I find it very strange when people will simultaneously argue that 5E is laser focused on making awesome dungeon crawling gameplay, but...

5E has a pretty narrow scope for its mechanical implementation. So while you can do courtly intrigue or romantasy, the system does not...

At the very least, that backlash surely contributed to Daggerheart wearing its inspirations on its sleeves and acknowledging all the...

It is good. But, I am told, if you were on from the beginning, the waits between seasons were kind of interminable. I jumped on late...

If the answer is neither on the character sheet nor in the rulebook, there is a distinct danger of failure to communicate. I am not...

Yeah, unfortunately I don't have much advice because I'm bad at being low-prep. I get too anxious if I don't have enough prepared...

I avoided this series for a long time, mostly because I love the comics so much and I was afraid an adaptation would not be able to do...

Also, write this stuff down when you make a ruling. It isn't necessarily "law" but players appreciate consistency and when a similar...

Not a Shadowdark referee, yet. But long-time OSR/NSR referee and player. The legalistic answer is there’s nothing in the book about...

Look, if it isn't a D&D killer, it is hardly worth doing at all.

Exactly, they just had an interesting idea presented to them, developed it, did a few shows, and moved on. Plenty of other parallels in...

It's pretty clear CO did not set the world on fire, but that should not be the bar.