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Just kidding...kinda. I was in a show hole and a few series were recommended to me. So, I binged hard for a 7 day trial to see what MGM+...

It has to be asked if the 4th Earl of Sandwich ever created a Hellfire Club Sandwich.

I am leaning toward giving 5e another whirl (2014 edition...I'm not ready for 2024). This has all been helpful to me in re-framing what...

I’ve heard it said before that PCs in older editions are nobodies who might, if they’re very lucky, live to become heroes. Whereas PCs...

Yes, absolutely! That’s a very astute observation, and to me it’s such a given, I wouldn’t have even thought of this as something to...

Yep! When I run OSR games for modern players for the first time, I have to brace them up front: "This is more like a roguelike video...

It seems like--and perhaps I am reading into what people have written--character longevity and development is much more of a focus now...

I’ll approach your question a bit differently than others. I started playing D&D about three years ago. The starter box intrigued me at...

I agree with Whizbang Dustyboots...but I also really do like big rubber suit monsters, Western and Japanese. Johnathan

I was going to try and respond to specific parts of the OP, but I kind of have the reverse situation. I don't know what playing old D&D...

Obligatory comment about how we are in a golden age of old school gaming, with tons of systems, settings and so. many. adventures.

This probably isn’t what you want to hear, but… the things you dislike about it are exactly what make it so popular. Most people who...

I think with as many games, getting the right group who is positively invested makes a huge difference in attitude. Bad attitudes often...

5E (I'm not quite sure about 5.5) had a lot of encouraging to come up with your own description of how a certain ability worked or...

Yeah, I wouldn't use 5E to run even a lightly magical version of a medieval European city. It's much more suited to places like Sigil...