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Notably the language changes throughout the year: "Jan-Mar 2023: What to expect in 2023": "Jul-Sep 2023: Upcoming": "SRD" isn't mentioned in the beginning of the year, but it is a noticeable change in the most recent update. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on that not being a mistake.

Thank you! It's even moved from "In Progress" to "Upcoming" which is...a thing, I guess! ;-)

To clarify, you're saying Wizards of the Coasts have said unequivocally they are releasing prior editions into a CC? Could you point me to one of these timelines? I can't seem to find anything regarding an update to the initial statements I mentioned regarding past editions going into the...

Did they promise that, or just mention they were looking into it and hopeful to do it? I don't have the quotes to back this up, but I thought it was a "likely" possibility for the previous SRDs to be released (3e/3.5e), but anything else (4e's GSL, everything prior to 3e) was just a "we'd love...

Is there any indication that Stålenhag's settings are all the same continuity, just different points, or is it more just that there are some similar themes at work?

Agreed. It dilutes what crowd funding is, turning it into a simple pre-order and marketing apparatus for companies that often already have those things, but see them as an "unnecessary expense," which probably leads to those teams getting laid off :-(

Seconded. Expanding on those thoughts for those that aren't familiar with this book: The town is certainly serviceable, but very, very pedestrian. Gygax seemed to double down on his "Medieval simulationism" more and more by the time he came around to writing this stuff. And because the castle...

Cortex Con is a fan-made event coming Nov 3-5 online with tons of open game sessions and even a few "how-to" and other discussion-style events folks can join. Don't hesitate to sign up or help spread the word to get people who are new or experienced with Cortex to get involved! More info...

Just my guess here: They did that with Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and got dragged for it because "you only use 1/4 of the baddies and main encounter lairs." Which was actually broadly untrue: you could -- maybe even should -- pepper in the other factions, just not as the main protagonists, but the...

My limited experience with FFG Star Wars was that if you replace most/all rule-referencing with just using the rulebooks from one of the Starter Sets, then it plays much better. Only go to the bigger books for character-facing specific traits. But overall, I just didn't stick with the game past...

People have been saying this since I started playing in 1985, and yet...

There's a ton listed in the rulebook, about 10 times more in Tales of Xadia (check out the free Rules Primer at the ToX website if you don't want to splurge on the amazingly beautiful rulebook) and Google "Marvel Heroic datafiles" to get about a thousand more. You'll have more SFX and example...

Have you seen The Arcanist's Toolkit for Cortex Prime magic systems?

I think once the Spotlight volumes reach distribution channels beyond the KS backers, I think that's when a LOT of people are finally going to "get" Cortex. Which is honestly about a decade late, unfortunately, but not like it can't be capitalized on by Dire Wolf once it finally does happen...

Super-specific point: The beauty of the Cortex Prime system is how well it works regardless of which mods you use. The system is already play tested and balanced, you just need to pull together a few GMCs/antagonists, of which there are literally hundreds already prebuilt for the game. You just...

Interesting! I hadn't specifically heard the player-burnout angle, but it does make a lot of sense. I saw a lot of that during my late 3.5E days among a few of my players, and it seemed especially hard to bring newer people in because of the sheer amount of options before them. (I feel like 5E...

You gotta have every document notarized, and that can add up way faster than you'd think. (AAA membership helps!) I suspect the lawyer alone is very expensive for this, as they are overseeing it on the regular, from the sounds of things.

They played coy, even back when Upper Works was released. But I very specifically recall Jeff Talanian stating that they were "deep into" the next few levels. They clearly already had an overview of all the levels -- see the list above in this thread of what sets were announced -- and hopefully...

Exactly. I've run it both ways, with Yggsburgh as a small city/large town between Greyhawk and the castle, and simply replacing Yggsburgh entirely with Greyhawk. Either works, and notably keeping the other wilderness stuff from the Yggsburgh book still works just fine, too. There's maybe a...

I'll take this a step farther: Saga was easily in the top 5 worst books I've ever read. Possibly top 3. Maybe...maybe even #1. On the flip side, I find Yggsburgh to be a fantastic example of a decent-sized but still pretty contained hex map region and city all in one book, and Upper Works to be...