Recent content by TheAlkaizer

For me it's very simple. In some cases, having a game designed from the ground up just leads to a product more coherent with the source material. There's plenty of adaptations that I find pretty underwhelming, but there's some absolute fantastic ones. My most recent example is The One Ring 2E. I...

As you mentioned, the difference can be razor thin. I think that's while we see much more of underpowered encounter than overpowered ones. The consequences are much more fleeting. These challenges of balancing generally stems from two variables: the action economy of the game, and the general...

My Burning Wheel campaign is winding down... Right now I'm eyeing: Dolmenwood. Just received my pledge last week, the books are so inspiring. Outcast Silver Raiders. Similar boxset with everything you need. It's gonna be this or Dolmenwood, not both. The One Ring 2E has been next to my bed for...

I don't know if it's hard. But DMing definitely can be overwhelming. And some products offer a framework to organize oneself.

That's a great idea. I've never seen one though...

I actually like the D8 and I think it rolls decently well. But the D4 just falls flat and slides a bit, very underwhelming, definitely the worst dice.

The D6 is classic. Effortlessly cool. Can't beat it.

Just finished Mr.Inbetween last week. Gotta pause series watching for a bit. Been stuck to my TV a lot lately. Next year I'm gonna dig into The Sopranos.

I ordered Carcass Crawler #5 and #6 in print during Exalted Funeral's black friday sale.

The second edition of UVG has been out for a while now. It's been on my shelf for more than a year.

2025 had surprises planned for me, so my goals of this year have all been shifted. I can pretty much list what I aimed to do in 2025. I want to buy a bit less games. I want to play at least two or three different unplayed games from my shelves. I want to run a short solo campaign. I want to...

Bastionland Podcast is Chris McDowall's (Into the Odd, Mythic Bastionlands) podcast. It's not constant, and the format changes often. But he talks with designers, he talks about his games. They often explore things outside of TTRPG. I enjoy it. Between Two Cairns is an OSR module review podcast...

The quality level of the YouTube scene for RPGs is really, really low. There's a ton of interesting small channels that are not very popular. But the big ones are quite bad.

To be hair, I also really like the setting of the Third Imperium. But yeah, without the associated mechanics I would not stick around.

It's not really a thing in the french-speaking part of Canada. We do have a holiday for it, but I've never met french-Canadian actually having a Thanksgiving day like the Americans do (family, food, etc). I think it's does happen in the anglophone part though.