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The fundamental question is, is whatever mechanic we're devising actually fun. And you can address that in a lot of ways, but I like...

For me, the biggest issues are how many processing, choice, or evaluation steps there are. When I'm playing 5E, for instance, there are...

Cortext Prime thinks 5e and Daggerheart are total amateurs. And writing this all out, it's maybe a good reason I've come to loathe...

To me steps listed in the OP are misleading in terms of how complex the game mechanics are. The OP uses the example of combat in D&D...

The other thing to consider is how easily can steps be short cutted? For example, a big roll in Daggerheart or 5e means I can often skip...

Depends. If you are using already existing domains, it's pretty quick. Already a bunch of homebrew classes filling the grid. Longer if...

you have no right for it to be licensed that way, you have every right to ask for it however WotC is not suffering because of the OGL /...

I bought the original at DragonCon 20 years ago roughly thinking, dang this will be so cool. I thumbed through it a couple times and...

I'd love to see the Amazon book ranks for the 2024 PHB, but we just can't in the US. I can see it for Canada so I know that it's...

For what it's worth, I own it, and have recommended it to a ton of people who like 5E-esque play but find 5E too dense. And I really...

For what it's worth, this was the issue in the playtest that caused one of the players to ragequit. Back then, you'd subtract your armor...

One thing not everyone may know is that Kelsey has made the files for layout in the Shadowdark style available for download in Affinity...

It's not just that. There is something off about this license. It is probably one of the best selling core books ever in the time it's...

It is interesting just how much of a game-changer (pun intended) the Open Gaming License was in the industry. When Wizards of the Coast...