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The all in contains tons of good stuff, and the Predation book being added is going to make it even better. Especially if you don't...

This was great! You deserve extra emojis for leaving one of the most reasonable, thoughtful comments I've read in days. 👍👏😊

Shadowdark is descended from BX D&D and related games - Your character is defined by their Class and Attributes. Your character is...

So . . . nobody gets the #1 reprint? :D

Thanks for the write-up. We are not the target audience. It's for boardgames players who want to try D&D. This box is much better than...

I ran City of Mist for my AP crew. While I enjoyed the game, I felt like sometimes the PbtA influences and the Fate influences were...

As a long time player and enjoyer of City of Mist, though somewhat disappointed in Otherscape, I'd say Legend in the Mist will (and...

To me, a retroclone is defined by copying the rules of an older game as closely as possible. Like Old-School Essentials. There are...

Of course, but none of that is encapsulated in the term "skilled play." Just because you don't know or don't acknowledge the definition...

You don't just parse the words skill and play. Skilled play is very well known to the people who are fans of it, and they know exactly...

Design philosophy?!? I'm pretty sure there was no prior design philosophy for this kind of thing - just accretions of subsystems. So, I...

Interestingly, this is exactly the opposite of what player skill means in the context of most discussions about it.

I get that you just jumped in without reading the thread and we all do that sometimes, but I politely suggest you read the thread...

It’s just a D&D tradition. Dragons are different in other fiction.

I suspect those things are either there because of legacy (they're a part of DnD's identity, even if it's become vestigial like...