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Sorry, I didn't mean to imply hiding was bad. I thought it might be to eliminate a bias towards one idea or another. Thanks for explaining.

I meant "Which of these do I want to use? What's their strengths and weaknesses?" in the sense of "options for what I'm going to use."...

As I thought I made clear in the OP: this thread isn't about "my game's" core mechanic. It is about core mechanics in general. It isn't...

I don't mean to say such a book would be better GM advice than stuff we have seen, like Robin's Laws of Good Gamemastering or The Lazy...

3.5 SRD in the CC? lol

To be clear, I don't intend to pick a core mechanic and THEN decide what the game is about. The purpose here is to talk about system in...

Well, you can discuss all of those as options.

And, of course, context. When you're trying for some genres and sorts fo settings, you don't so much want a sense of realism as the...

Give me an open-ended resolution system and I'll absolutely do that for you. The question you need to ask is how far down the frequency...

I actually wish they would do a "Gygaxian Sourcebook" that was a collection of edition neutral game mastering writing by EGG, including...

Do we need ANOTHER reprint of the 1e AD&D DMG?!

Especially since a particular popular sci-fi/space-opera setting has many times over had its major characters piloting super fast space...

I think "reality" is a fools errand, but I think that whatever degree of verisimilitude that the players want in their thematic play is...

Creatures: Summary x Stats Room #1. NPC, Captive Room #5. Monster mob, Reckless, Outcasts Room #10. NPC, Captive Room #11. Boss...

Shadowdark Maps (stocking) DANGER LEVEL (d6): 1 - Unsafe SITE SIZE (d6): 12 - Large SITE TYPE (d6): 6 - Ruins Rooms: Type x Expanded...