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Minor point of order - players OR referee, not players AND referee. If either doesn't want the campaign to continue past the TPK, that...

This idea keeps popping up and has for awhile now. Not sure how far back it goes as I don't remember Jon Peterson covering it in either...

Years ago I was DMing for two young nephews, and when one of them (9 y.o. at the time) was disappointed about failing a climbing check...

Whilst I concur, and big respect for intentionally not covering because you correctly judged it "non-news", I will say that in this era...

Yes. There’s a reason it wasn’t covered on this news site. This video is also clickbait. The “scandal” is manufactured. The “debunking”...

There’s no there there. People are freaking out over nothing and making clickbait. Relax. Is the license perfect, no. Could it be...

Yeah, I was thinking there were probably aspects more relevant to video games, but I don't play video games. Better to be thought...

I'm not disagreeing, here, but I've come to the conclusion that often when people say something on the lines of "the players have...

Yeah absolutely. This idea that optimized PCs and good roleplaying are somehow in opposition to each other is, frankly, not only...

This is one of those things that can land on the rocks of different expectations in both directions. On one hand the "if your character...

Yeah I've done that: built very effective one-trick pony characters that eventually bored me.

Though I'll note there are kind of hardcore gamists groups where its not only accepted, its expected (of course usually in those the...

I mean, I accept that may be how you choose to use the word, but if you interpret other people as meaning that, you're just...

That's far narrower than a lot of people using the term mean by it.

Yeah I think that's about all you can say without knowing why they're quitting on a deeper level. My personal experience is that things...