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This past month, I was talking with people online who were thinking of using DH for playing Pirates of Dark Water (with the serial...

Hm? The one I saw was using entirely new classes and significantly altered or tweaked domains with no expectation you’d use the base...

There are some folks using it as a synonym for "linear." For the record, i agree with you that it has a bad reputation, which is why I...

Much of the AP design world is a railroad that resembles CRPG play more then an evolving adventure. There’s relatively little space as...

Concur. I wish that the Homebrew kit had more guidance on how they figured out what level to stick domain abilities at - L7 is clearly...

I think that in @Celebrim 's example there's an inherent acceptance that "the premise of the game means that we need to accept bounties...

IMO. One cannot have player agency at all without the possibility of a choice now to restrict choices in a later moment. If it’s...

My sense of railroading is based less on agency and more on the use of GM force. I think that linear adventure design is fine and I'm...

It means that applying techniques like small world, obdurium walls, false choices, or Schrodinger's maps can be justified if the GM is...

There's a pretty detailed SciFi hack in development I took a gander at, and they're doing new domains and some new mechanics to fit that...

Yes and no. The downside, which was pointed out by the designers themselves, is how much front-loading and increased complexity open...

(If the premise doesn't appeal to you - no problem. Just ignore this little corner of the internet. The entirety of the rest of ENWorld...

My personal preferences shape at least some of what I post (see, eg, references to Burning Wheel and Prince Valiant). But I try to do...

I know you're probably quite content with the games you have right now, but you should give Draw Steel! a look sometime. It dials some...