Recent content by Ringtail

The stuff like this is why I'm so burned out on D&D YouTube, actually YouTube in general. Its just exhausting and disingenuous.

I've never done literally no prep before, but I think I could. I've run enough low-level adventures that if a bunch of friends asked to play D&D I could probably improvise a session with 2 - 3 fights, some RP and a trap and treasure without cracking open a single book. I'm not sure its...

I can't believe we're still talking about the Rogue's weight negatively here. When I first saw the Fallbacks cover I never once even considered her weight, nor do I think we need some magic justification why a big woman can be stealthy.

Mouse Guard I think is based on Burning Wheel and the comic book of the same name. Mausritter also started as more of a zine/phamphlet style game, and later got a fancier box-set with a hardcover, but I think it was always based on Into the Odd.

I've been calling these "Oddlikes" I like Mausritter.

I know it probably irritates the DoD purists, but Dragonbane absolutely scratches a "D&D but simpler" itch for me, so the lack of a Priest/Cleric/Etc is notable to me. Third party has got me covered though. One of the issues of Dragonzine has a Cleric type class with unique spellcasting that...

Is this the version from Free League? I played Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle Earth and thought it was thoroughly mediocre. I'm interested to hear if FL improved on it at all. In particular, AiME classes were just 5e's with the magic removed (like some bad homebrew), so the "Fighter,"...

Tragic, that sounds equally unappealing to me. 😅 I don't plan on forking over a lot of money for this game either though. So it depends on how much they price it.

Might check this out. I played the first one last year (got in a Humble Bundle with Baldur's Gate, Planescape, etc) and thoroughly enjoyed myself, despite it being... the way it is. I've been curious about NWN2, but as far as I can tell prior to this version the only way to get it now was on...

I suspect my story will be significantly younger than the most of you, but it was sometime during my last two years of high school (2013-2014). My best friend had been regaling me with tales of D&D and how you could do anything. Rushed to my FLGS (Coliseum of Comics) to buy the 4th Edition...

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...