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I've also bumped into several gamers who are the mindset that if they run/play fantasy, it's only D&D but any other genre = any other ruleset. It's like a "no reskinning game mechanics for other effects" writ large. Which is ironic as any edition of D&D can become John Carter of Mars with just...

Maybe I'm reading too much but it sounds like he pointing to the troublesome consumer and saying there's nothing he can do when the stockholder come at him for more and more AI. At some point after AI has done all the damage it could have done and the youngest GenA realizes they are getting...

Agreed. And the word, "campaign" has become more of an adjective than a definitive noun these days. And honestly, I almost see all the levels D&D offers as a bait and switch, especially when some complain game "X" doesn't support long term play, just how long term are you talking? Because most...

The glossy map in the standee box has creased pretty quickly, so laminating it flat will extend the battle map's life.

I finally tried the box set battle map with a dry erase marker and it wiped off, which surprised me as the map does not have a glossy finish.

As it was not obviously laminated, I was too scared to try. The map that comes with the stand alone Dragonbane standee packs, though, is obviously laminated and does both wet and dry. Regardless, the box is stuffed with stuff and a great value.

I like the naga art.

For my experience, 4e seemed to be a better fit for their version of GW than D&D. One knife allows a rogue to spew out a cone of knives?!? OTH: Mutant abilities can do weird things all day.

Was that the funky one with the collectable cards? I thought it was fun and great for one-shots, which it seemed engineered to do. I use the cardboard tokens for sci-fi games to this day.

Yeah, this sort of reminds me of how Edge Studios is the ttrpg arm of anything Asmodee, especially from former Fantasy Flight IPs. By outsourcing all the non-D&D ttrpgs, they don't get judged by the same expectations and numbers as they do with D&D. I cynically assume this is because full time...

After reading this bit of news, it seems that WotC is trying to thread that needle between trying to provide that same smaller studio passion but have larger company backing with having Renegade do any Hasbro ttrpg not directly tied to D&D...

The majority of publishers are also the community, so while this article may not speak directly to you, it matters to more folks than you know.

I don't equate complexity with Sim, more with consistency, ala Champions was not realistic but it's complexity supported it's internal philosophy and comic book "physics." Also, Kriegsspiel is knows that in later years many of Prussian referees eventually skipping detailed rules and using their...

Perhaps the second most common misconception reviewers had about DB was that the Misty Vale setting was “incomplete” by accident vs being bare bones by design. The first was reviewers calling the stuffed boxed core set a starter set instead.

Funny enough, I have a player who is big number good who dislikes subtracting for Cypher but enjoys rolling under for Dragonbane.