Recent content by timbannock

I only know of the TMNT board game.

Yeah, it's looking like exactly what I want/need. I picked up the Encyclopedia Magica 2E books a while back as a source of treasure for my games because there's such a mixed bag of items, but I think I'll easily be able to replace them with this book. Same thing happened where I replaced...

Yeah, the No Art edition is what sold me on it. Immediately after reading, I tracked down a print copy right from the source and gave them all my money.* *Not all my money, but you know what I mean. Buying from the source is nice for the creators.

It becomes a lot easier if you move into a coffin-sized apartment in LA. I had to dump 95% of my collection. That said, I'd still organize it the same way whether it's the 30-40 books I have now or the many hundreds I used to own: By game Core rules on the right (as I'm right-handed) Rules...

It seems to very much want to exist in the space of making 5E even more of a tactical combat game while also making it way, way simpler. For my money, that's exactly what I'd want out of a game revisiting the "vibes" of 4E, because I just don't have the willpower to slog through even more...

Shadowdark. Admittedly, I "house-rule" it with Errant, replacing the torch-timer with event dice, and handling a lot of out-of-the-dungeon stuff with Errant. It's my favorite because... It's laser-focused on making dungeon crawling fast and fun, and that's what I want out of a D&D-like game...

I would think the below statement from the press release suggests they won't keep the other books in print, but I don't know what that would mean for the SRD. Maybe it'd be fine, but they could also change it to be the SRD for the version of the game they keep in print, since doing otherwise...

I hear you on a lot of this. I have a group that's willing to try stuff, but generally they would much prefer 5E, and in large part because of the power-fantasy aspect. They want to feel powerful. They don't want to start at 0, they want to start at about level 3-5, and then get up as high as we...

FRCS 3e remains the gold standard for an encyclopedic tome. My only complaint is that there weren't more instances of site adventure maps with an ultra-simplified key, so you didn't feel compelled to hunt down a billion sourcebooks to run adventures in some of these locales. That and leaving the...

I haven't really followed much of this conversation, and I don't own any of the 5E DL stuff, but I just want to say this artwork is awesome and inspiring.

Also worth noting Secret Level had a D&D episode that was pretty neat. D&D licensing out for animation makes even more sense in light of that series, which was overall extremely well received.

Maybe Netflix still has those Skeksis costumes from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance laying around. They could make good draconians. (In all seriousness, I agree that animated is by far the more likely format.)

Wow, those combat explanations definitely helped me understand some things. Pretty wild differences.

Thanks! Sounds like I need to pull the trigger on that Dragonbane boxed set that's so highly regarded!

Can someone give a cursory overview of the differences between 2e and (current) 4e? I know there's a lot, but I'm just looking for a summary written by knowledgeable folks such as yourselves.