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I definitely agree that 5e is on the heavy end of the "crunch" spectrum. I think the idea of it being less crunchy is a familiarity...

It's definitely gotten a glow-up since release. I find myself repeatedly returning to that game.

I finally decided to start Cyberpunk 2077 again. I played it (on a pretty rugged PC) right when it came out and really enjoyed it. But I...

Definitely agree. I've seen this a bunch with older point-based systems. I thought I felt that way for most of the time I played RPGs...

I think there are a few solutions to the "used to struggle to fight gobos, but now they are easier to kill than insects" type tall...

I don't have much comment on this but as a general rule of design I would say it is an unbreakable law that if your CharGen uses point...

Fate is interesting because it serves as a light crunch foundation to some games that reach into the medium or even high crunch...

It's a scale, and if you put 5E at medium (especially in the middle of medium), then you create a ridiculous situation where almost all...

And it is 5 in your hand of domain cards, then a few more for actual class, subclass, species, etc, so the 9-ish range holds.

I noticed this and am sure it's intentional. There's a common and well-evidenced theory of game design that basically people can only...

So the characters he was playing was scientist and then after that marines. The scientist died because obviously he was the most...

Generally you roll when there's stress (in the non-mechanical sense) and or tight time pressure or your character doesn't really know...

Playing through the latest early access version of Path of Exile 2 and it seems pretty massively improved from the previous one, despite...

I have passed the 1000 mark of Warhammer II. Add to this that I bought Warhammer I just after Christmas 2024 and I passed 600 hours with...

Advantage is just 5E style, ie if you have it you roll twice and take the best. And whilst I don't know the exact conditions for handing...