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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.

I was anti-duck until Egerkrans art. All the old Runequest stuff seemed more like nightmare fuel (probably because it was trying to be more realistic as compared to embracing the cartoony vibe.) Mallards and Wolfkin are usually the most popular kin at my tables but players are seldom goofy...

I find this discussion a bit more useful than the one time a fellow tried to pitch the industry only had two categories, "Professional" which was WotC and Piazo, and "Indie" which was everyone else. If found this bizarre on several different levels, never mind the "Professional' tier was based...

I appreciate they offered a solution to the solo boss monster fight. Such monsters are automatically immune to some effects and spells, their actions - ranging from fear effects to damage - and automatic and they act at least twice if not more so per combat turn to keep apace in the action economy.

You can also make a book by piling sentences into it. One of the biggest problem at the moment is not that AI can make things. it is that the bean counters, not the artists, are deciding when AI content is "good enough," by how much money they save, not if it was actually a great product. And...

Yep. My personal headcanon for that commercial was, "And now your work for the day is done! You can leave now!" (and pick up your pinkslip on the way out the door.) Didn't pinkslips originate as a way for a company to give YOU two-weeks notice?

It's why I found Kobold's Empire of Ghouls campaign disappointing on a certain level as it became clear the arc was trying two serve to masters, provide an in-depth guide to the empire AND also give a tour of the Midgard's different regions. The concept kinda worked since the empire has a far...

As for the English, Alpha version of the Book of Magic, I like what I see so far. The variety of magic and introduction of familiars is what DB needed. Harmonism, though, seems to make the Musician ability a bit more like an optional class. Either you can spend less WP but now you essentially...

I guess this is more about my style than the adventure but in my second campaign, Troll Spire was fondly remembered more for the NPC than the puzzle trap. I did have an ace up my sleeve for her funny voice.

I think additional graphics to show how the floor trap worked would have helped. I think it also didn't clarify if the trap only worked on a north/south axis vs both but I could be wrong as I am working from memory.

It is like FL wants to say, "The spell Protector's duration is a Shift for locations but only a stretch for people."