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This is thoughtful, let me try to respond in kind. Let me talk about poker for a second. A big facet of poker is probability. But...

I’m glad Darrington added support for Foundry and a group has already been working on a Foundry module. I hope to get a chance to run it...

I'll reiterate my challenge from before: either show that anti-group behavior is inherent to optimization, or separate what jerk players...

I think a step back from the word itself, quibbling over definitions, and looking at the behavior might help people actually talk to...

So a wizard putting their highest ability score into INT, and later picking up feats that help their spellcasting or INT, are loopholes...

For everyone talking about players who are optimizers who are also not upholding the community/social contract aspects. I challenge you...

I agree, and I'll take it a step further. When a player intentionally builds a character significantly more or less powerful than the...

Worlds largest dungeon on backer kit is over a million, 1,015,819 with a few minutes to go.

I've always loved the phrase "Optimizing your fun." Minimizing the things that are not fun, and maximizing the things that are!

That's exactly it. I have always thought out optimizers as a social/table problem and not a game problem. It's a team game and we're...

A "Diablo Quest" game would be pretty awesome indeed! I would certainly be tempted to sink a lot of money into it - both for...

I honestly think Diablo probably would work better as a miniatures skirmish game. Sell various Heroquest-style sets with appropriate...

I think optimization (of fill in the blank for the name) sometimes gets a bad name. I've been in this hobby for a long time, and I've...

No worries I'm excited about my game tomorrow and have no plans to cancel it. We're doing a mini-campaign (unless the players want to...

My main worry for tomorrow is my players managing the spotlight (I have 2 that I feel may assert themselves more than the two brand new...