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If people don’t like the Krynn thing, I definitely won’t mention how I’m crossing PDKs with Fourth Wing to get super sexy young knights...

Sure, but none of those games are also the next D&D. That lineage matters to a lot of players. It is admittedly a difficult...

I think an implicit part of the premise of the OP is that the hypothetical game is neither so perfectly calibrated to one’s taste that...

Seems plausible! But there is also a strong normativity around "munchkin", "optimiser", "power gamer" etc. As if trying to make moves...

"Simulationism" - in the sense that the players of a RPG should have no aspiration beyond experiencing the fiction, as some combination...

Interesting because other than the Realms (and I much prefer Eberron) I find 4e works best for most of those. First re simulationist...

If the two games are equivalent in “quality” but different in presentation and execution, then my preference is always going to be for...

I mean, 99.9% of the news is about things I have no control over; that doesn’t mean I don’t have opinions about it. :)

That's the DMs job. See also: the Day of Mourning (Eberron)

Thanks for the info. Moves it from a maybe to a no, so definitely helpful.

Still purchasable on D&D Beyond in both digital and physical versions as of today (just checked).

What game you play at your own tables is certainly up to you. What game benefits from the network effects of having a brand name and a...

To go to a convention alone, pretty groggy. To go to a panel like this? Super groggy.

I do wonder exactly how BG3 oriented the Baldur's Gate section will be.

Yeah, Pun Pun also required a lot of DM buy-in to work outside of being a thought experiment.