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Eberron is probably the best setting WotC has to experiment with. It's major differences from the core of all additive (or reflavoring)...

The point of those thoigh, is that the novels, video games, etc. were always put on the dame level of home games explicitly, and didn't...

I don’t actually disagree with most of what you say - including here. Players should be given the space to make mistakes. I also don’t...

When I look at the reaction to ads or products framing GMing as “hard,” I see something deeper than a disagreement about difficulty. The...

It seems to me what's often missing is good instructions on how to be a better player. Stuff like trying to roll with the vibe of the...

We’re at a time where there are more game systems then every before and more people playing D&D than ever before - by country mile. The...

I'm quite curious about what the ad was that set @Reynard off in the first place 😆 But I think that this thread has been pleasantly...

There's a flipside of this as well though. Gamers are cheap. They are. Think about it, your DM (if you have a DM) spends 3-4 hours...

I wonder if it's more that existing players are less tolerant of new DMs. If everyone at the table is new, including the DM, then they...

DMing is easy. As you point out, even 10 year olds can do it. Being a good DM, however, is actually hard. It takes a lot of work to...

I mean you say WotC don’t know what to do with it, but it’s getting the same treatment as every other setting they’ve released bar...

I really don’t see how. Unless individuals are making that claim in order to sell themselves.

Excellent analogy. The existence of restaurants doesn't mean everyone dines out, but you do need to actually learn to cook, and doing...

Cool. Many games have their variations. 2d20 Dunes and The One Ring 2e just to name a few. My design was mainly inspired by the...

I love it! It reminds me a bit of Professor Dungeon Master's Ultimate Dungeon Terrain – a circular disk version with the rings denoting...