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Like backyard cricket, kick-to-kick football, friendly hands of cards, etc, etc. These are all games.

Hmm. I mean, gamification is a real term. "Let's make a game of it" is a real-world phrase that has meaning. And the implication of...

I'm not sure I really follow the ostensible contrast between a function, a mode of play, a format or a medium. Especially because at one...

I think kids these days instead are aiming for 6-7 encounters per adventuring day

The most obvious use to me is handing off a powerful concentration spell to a martial or other attacker (or your familiar) who can...

Absolutely. Pretty sure my newbie player doesn't really get why any of these exceptions occur, and even my more experienced players hit...

Maybe 3e has grooved itself too hard into my brain, but intuitively it does really feel like that's not a lot to ask. My experience...

It isn't too much for us dedicated nerd types. But for the people I have at my table whose only gaming is our once-a-month 5e game? Or...

When you apply it has rationales, but it isn't really intuitive unless you're just really familiar with the rule set. It boils down...

I would like to believe that a new system would help you but given your death toll track record I think you're likely to find a new way...

I feel like the odds of having 2-3 characters die in the first few sessions, all of them choosing to roll to live (because they can't...

I think it is. From what I've seen, we've gone from most groups looking like this: To this: I just had to get out of small town to...

Yeah, my problem with that was how casually Mearls threw it out as a truth of the medium, instead of a design decision. There's some...

Proficiency bonus is the worst and I hate it. Outside of spells, it's easily the part of the game that confuses novices the most...

Depends on the RPG, to my perspective. Various D&D versions? Sure, you can move into either a challenge-based game or narrative...