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I used to think I was the token straight in my D&D group for a long time. Little did I know!

Can we please, collectively, stop acting like teenagers are the only people who could possibly be okay with, let alone like, official...

Representation matters. And if it doesn't matter to you, congratulations on growing up in a world where you're represented all the time.

It’s not even just that. It’s not just that the game has changed (which is has). Or kids have changed (which they have). It’s that the...

Honest? Marketers? You're a funny man, Micah.

Here's the thing about fandom. You either go with it or you bow out. I was a huge Star Wars fan but the sequel trilogy left a bitter...

Elsewhere: You know, when I say I seem to have gone around the discussion enough times, bringing up things I've already addressed or...

This is more extensive than I've seen them do before, but it wouldn't be the first time they've done deadpan irony.

I played one game of it at a con, and own the PDFs. My reaction was that the one game I played was reasonably fun, but on reading the...

On some level, if they were being honest, that's probably what it is.

I think I'd argue it was largely marketed at 20-somethings in the 70's, but that's not probably a significant difference.

Thanks. It took me a very long time to make the decision, but when you get up most days after GMing for a group with mixture of...

DragonQuest's system could be seen as a death curve, I suppose. It used Fatigue points, which you used for things like avoiding damage...

It sounds like we're talking about two different things. You seem to be talking about the PCs choosing to avoid a combat to begin with...

This. You'd need to be pretty specific to show how what you want is a "curve" and not a "spiral".