Recent content by Ringtail

This is awesome. Ever since I was in high school first learning to play D&D, I always lamented there wasn't an easy way to get a whole nunch of minis to cover "the basics." Its a lot easier now with all the 3D printed minis, you can buy a pack of 6 orcs on Etsy or whatever for a reasonable...

I believe his home campaign is running 3.5, but yes this is true! He's talked about it on an old episode of Adventuring Academy, I believe.

Dimension 20 has done Urban Fantasy, Fantasy High School, Candyland, Space Opera and Harry Potter (plus a lot more) using 5e. I'm sure they'll manage Steampunk just fine. Quite intrigued for this one.

In terms of video games, people tend of think of "Dead" as one that is difficult to find players for. This doesn't necessarily mean no players, but a once popular FPS game only having 50 active players, all holed up in 3 discord servers with private game servers you need a password to join, most...

It could happen, but we just have no way of knowing. These other designers are (comparatively) unknowns to us (or at least to me). At least with the old guys I knew what to expect. These other designers could totally release the best products D&D has ever had, or Hasbro could continue to water...

I'm curious to see how this will be a proper "Invincible RPG" instead of just a super-hero RPG, but as a fan of both Invincible and Free League I'm excited.

Some fans (myself included) have found the campaign to be going in a weird direction. That the handling of the gods doesn't match the tone of the previous campaigns, that the PCs are actually committing villainous deeds or that this ending has been pre-ordained to shake up the world prior to a...

Doubtful of this. It costs money to develop that stuff, and how many folks are going to buy it? The older the edition, the smaller the player base and its not getting any larger. I also wonder how many folks who bought their 3rd edition books 20 years ago are going to be interested in paying...

My first introduction to fantasy was actually The Elder Scrolls. Orcs in that universe are green. It was very formative in my association with fantasy stereotypes, to the point that Catfolk and lizardfolk are as iconic as Elves and Dwarves, imo. Many of the friends I started playing D&D with in...

The idea that you're so angry you can't set up your tent properly is peak comedy. My players tended to share tents because some didn't understand the importance of bushcraft rolls (partially my fault for not explaining but we all went in blind) so only about half the party was competent enough...

Mostly branding/perspective I think. One group of players wasn't really interested in an old version of D&D when there are more modern experiences that are smoother. Another was open to the idea of a more dangerous RPG, but were more interested in trying something different like Warhammer...

I absolutely adore this game. As a gamer in her 20s, it feels like what I imagine old school D&D was like, and perfectly scratches my old-school D&D itch. Several people have pointed out its kind of OSR-adjacent, mixing that design philosophy with modern rules and I totally agree. I've been...

Foundry. I like that only the GM needs to pay for a copy and its a one and done payment, no subscriptions. Its not difficult to host your game locally on your own machine either. It has pretty good functionality out of the box and with community modules its really elevated. I tried Fantasy...

I find it really funny that a bunch of conservative news outlets are mad about D&D "going woke." A probably not insignificant portion of their viewer base probably still believes in satanic panic nonsense. So they're going to be stirred up by changes in a game they already condemn? Really...

I always assumed the issue was that some races had penalties, such as to CHA, WIS or INT. This carries with it some sketchy implications. Having a "stupid" race is kind of a bad look no matter what, and saying an entire race is grumpy with bad CHA sort of creates the mono-culture problem. But I...