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It matches my experience, and I play with people who have Master's degrees. D&D 5E is, for most people, pretty complex.

I think the issue is looking at info being gated like a room with a locked door. Simple roll, simple open. Simple diplo/intimi/bluff get...

Explanation presumably. One of the things that nontraditional games have to deal with is people bringing assumptions from trad play...

I generally don't do that 'fixed it for you'-type response, but are you sure you don't mean: 'cause that would be funnier. If those...

Well, in one of those games you have an engagingly roleplayed scene, and in the other you have a mumbled statement of intent and a dice...

Shadowdark is IIRC 300 pages including its DMG and MM. But I find the size of a "full" character sheet a much better indication and...

Please don't attribute fictional quotes to me.

For my high level 5e character I had to create my own 'cheat sheet' character sheet because I had so many fiddly little options from...

The core game is in 3 books totalling over 1000 pages. There are certainly much crunchier games, and 5E opted for very elegant...

What view do you think I have expressed?

I like your bossiness, I can see how you came to run a billion dollar company. I've never seen even a second of Critical Role or any...

You would never do that!

Please don't put tongue and passage into the same sentence again.

I think 5E certainly is complex and crunchy. I appreciate that bound accuracy and advantage/disadvantage do reduce some of the in-game...

By what standard...? It's not GURPS or Pathfinde 2E, no, but 5E is not a rules-light game either. It is, at least. "Medium Crunch"...