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First Rolemaster is second in my sim game list (behind, of course, GURPS) and is definitely underappreciated. But the problem it has in...

I think that is still overstating it and making it sound more like hunting unicorns than it actually is.

I think someone really new to GMing--especially someone without much experience as a player, or without much variance in that...

Ah, no. You couldn't automatically detect traps or secret doors in TSR versions of D&D. You've misremembered the rules and are...

Map design should facilitate looking for secrets -- secret doors, hidden alcoves, traps, etc... -- by enticing the players to wonder why...

So who precisely am I gatekeeping? Please do be specific and bring receipts.

Maybe? I don't have the first idea of how one would go about it, what kind of financial investment it would require, or how you would...

(We're way off topic, but this was a rant thread anyway, so who cares) No, BG3 is a video game. it is a cool video game, but like all...

This I actually agree with. oftentimes "it is too hard" is an excuse that covers for "I just want to play." Which is fine. Everyone has...

Kind of. But as I implied earlier in thread, I think it also comes down to the fact that a lot of people simply don't want to GM and...

This may sound controversial, but I actually think it would be harder to design an AI player than an AI GM. Not an AI character. We have...

If the AI is good enough to be a DM, should it be more than good enough to be a player? (Card games online have had... Nah, I can't do...

It is relevant at least from the perspective of talking about oo many people believing GMing is too difficult, and so if AI GMs become...

Real conversation I had last weekend with one of my players: Guy: "You know, you could use ChatGPT to make those maps and encounter...

Agreed. 'Hit points measure how much damage you can take, and damage represents how many hit points you lose'.