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Not a good policy in general IMO, but again, if the players know you do it in general, its not playing bait and switch. No. A lot of...

Ironically, I think if you're up-front about using illusionism with your gaming group, that's fine; then they can either tell you that's...

There can be some minor cases here where if you know your players right a bit of no-foul slight-of-hand is okay--but you'd better know...

Has Jack gotten a tetanus shot within the past 10 years?

A lot of it depends on how much the players are committed to the adventure-at-hand in the first place. I've had campaigns that were...

It depends heavily on the game. Its abundantly clear that 13th Age strikes are a mix of trauma and something else (because of some...

This is one of the reasons why I've moved to pdfs (that, and I don't want additional clutter).

Yeah, five years of "playtesting" in the field generally does a better job of exposing the strengths and weaknesses of a game while...

Well, not entirely. I am personally not a fan of illusionism, because it's fragile. If the way you tell an RPG narrative depends on...

No, this is just a complete non sequitur. If players choose that their characters go to a certain destination, then skipping some of the...

Yes, but for us it's about holding up future products. When you have 3 more projects in the pipeline and you're still trying to fulfil...

Fire drill at work today... Our area is accessed through a door right on the loading dock in the back parking lot, and we also have a...

Learn to make bigger meals and how to love* leftovers. When I was in law school, I’d typically cook 4 servings of a dinner type meal...

I don't think some kinds of stretch goals are a great evil, if you keep them down to a dull roar and only go for digital form. Even if...

Me too.