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And, of course, context. When you're trying for some genres and sorts fo settings, you don't so much want a sense of realism as the...

I guess I have always been interested in this kind of data, because while rereading one of my story hours, I stumbled upon a link to...

And I thought *I* was a stats nut! :) This is fine stuff! My only questions involve how does this all relate to real time? How long...

Others are likely to disagree, but I don't think emulation of reality is a worthy design goal at all. I think the primary, maybe only...

No offense, but I don't see how you can come up with a core mechanic without first determining what kind of game you want. Slow combat...

Or do you agree 8 times out of 8?

I find myself disinclined to run systems with chunky skill lists. At this point I really don't care about 6 different firearms skills...

To be fair, it was never about realism, but rather the sense of realism. There is a huge difference between the two, and everyone's line...

When I did my skills, I definitely pooled many of them together. It makes so much more sense to me. My History/Religion skill is an...

The TOR system has an interesting take on this: While a Gandalf rune on the d12 is an automatic success regardless of dice total, an Eye...

No offense, I am not sure it's a win or lose thing. It's a situation where, I believe, the OP learned that the definition of...

Personally, never had problems with amount of time people took to make a decision at the table. That part is usually fast. How long does...

Speaking of mechanics, a long time ago we greatly enjoyed the MERP systems style of combat. It was D100, but you could take your skill...

I dislike non-intuitive magic numbers in core mechanics. The cut-off points for PbTA 2d6 & Draw Steel 2d10 Power roll. In Ironsworn...

We've been using Daggerheart for our latest campaign. The 2d12, aside from increasing critical successes (as opposed to a d20), does...