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I still think that it can't hurt to ask why. It just might be burnout on d&d. 6 years of 3 games a month is lots of gaming in one...

“Thanks for the head’s up. I’ve had a lot of fun with you at the table so I hate to see you go. If there’s anything I can do to make...

"Fool! I'd like to see you quit my MIND MAZE! Muahahahah!" Of course then you need the ability to actually trap him in a psionic maze...

This is a nonsensical statement. "Thrive" is relative. Non-optimized PCs benefit more and "thrive" more in a game that is "made easy for...

Yes! This is exactly what I was going for. Fear reduces guilt about being "fair" so you can instigate shenanigans, and the players are...

Indeed. All "I'm not optimized" means in terms of RP is "...and I'm not very good at my job" which is more of a character beat than "...

I don't think those people exist outside groups of bitter teenagers, who aren't really worth considering in these discussions because...

That's why we always like to have at least one non-optimizer at the table.

I think the first James Bond movie I actively disliked when I first saw it was Die Another Day. I just stopped caring and I thought the...

I don’t have a problem with Villeneuve but I’m likewise not beside myself with joy over it. He’s a good director, but so was Sam Mendes...

Ok, ran the game for the first time. An incredibly positive experience for me personally and for pretty much everyone at the table (6...

I'm with @Umbran on tracking advancement in play. My experience is that players very, very frequently fail to notice when they should...

I find handling advancement during play, on a roll-by-roll basis, to be disruptive to play. And, if you don't notice that on one roll...

Over the years, I’ve explored a number of systems and settings, each offering something valuable but rarely aligning with everything I...

I don't think you can turn DH into an OSR game. But I do think someone could build a dungeon-focused campaign frame that FEELS like...