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If nobody else has mentioned it, V. Baker's "OSR" game draft takes exactly this approach.

In terms of old school play time wasted is a valuable and measurable resource. Far less so in newer versions of D&D or Pathfinder.

That doesn’t seem denigrating to me. A lot of TTRPGs could benefit from being as thoughtfully designed as a lot of modern board games.

Given that I'm running uh, a lot of Daggerheart right now, this is an interesting viewpoint to think through for me. I literally just...

I think the scope of the CaW vs CaS had been increased here taking the original concept out of context. The original essay was comparing...

Thank you everyone for the productive conversation and feedback they have posted! Agreed. Some CaT may not involve the GM fudging dice...

The looong well reasoned and technically adept discussion from the US Copyright Office backing up what they consider to be "human...

Your country's courts disagree. They have ruled clearly that AI content is not human created as their reasoning for why it cannot be...

My irony meter just exploded. Where do I send the bill?

Given your very brief description of the party makeup There's 4 (?) major resources you need to stretch, right? Spell slots. Per rest...

It's a carrot and stick scenario. Old Ravenloft enforced Gothic horror only via stick. You were beaten down with fear, horror, powers...

The PC’s tragic stories belong in Ravenloft. It’s the mistake 2nd edition Ravenloft kept making over and over again: tell someone else’s...

I feel like you're making some assumptions that will make you and Umptions look like an ass.

Or Wizards can see the people who have given up on them and moved on, and realized the wheel needs to turn back. Maybe why they have...

I mean, I would probably buy a new setting (and I haven't bought a WotC product myself in 6 years). I like new stuff! But I think 5e...