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A Player Agenda/Best Practices that calls for that you can refer the players back to as needed helps ;). I like that Daggerheart...

What milestone levelling really devalues is individual character bravery and risk-taking. It doesn't matter what you do or how many...

I don't think of them as encounters either, at least not during play, but I am almost always thinking about (or looking at, if...

I’ve stated many times that Stonetop Book 2 is my new litmus for “game which gives me so many answers while still asking plenty of...

I’ve been trying very hard to talk about how I’ve experienced play, designs, and GMing methodology based on my personal experiences and...

Same realm as in “game built to facilitate CR style play and stories that’s explicitly not D&D.” That’s been a big part of the vision...

The problem is, I don't believe all groups are good at actually communicating what they want as long as the GM is treated as the main...

See… this is you ignoring what I am saying and insisting on viewing things solely from your view. You’re not willing or able, it seems...

I think perhaps his questions stem from his inability to reconcile certain ideas from some posters rather than him being unable to...

Telegraphing a threat is meant to lead to a decision point, especially in an exploration context. I want play to move forward, so I’m...

I don't know anything intrinsic to sandbox play that ties it to encounters or the like and forbids purely session based advancement...

Well, if you’re playing classic XP for treasure, and following the distribution guidelines for placing treasure in the dungeons or...

As our Star Trek 2d20 has come to an end we are playing this next Saturday.

The more I dig around the book the more I like it. The wild west + kaiju frame is awesome. Might be my favorite of the bunch.

In Stonetop, when I tell the players they see “footprints/tracks” or “evidence of killed game” or whatever else tantalizing thing here...