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Interesting share. Thanks! In a game where violence was rare and more realistic , rather than stylized and glorified the way it is in D&D 5e, I would love to explore this. You read reports of the large number of trained soldiers who can’t overcome their aversion to killing despite...

Gearing up for an exploration campaign right now, so very timely topic for me. The last real hexcrawl I played was Isle of Dread with my little brother 35 years ago. We’re doing classical premise of a party that finds themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious, tropical island. OK, they all...

Being "overly dramatic" is part of what makes your posts interesting and I enjoy seeing them here.

Mike, it becomes a question of motivation, doesn't it? If the designer is publishing for free, it's because they're more motivated by sharing a work, establishing a brand and value for future works, etc. "Tragedy" is a bit poetic, but I agree that there is material being published as PWYW/Free...

Where I value frree things is bonus content that publishers make available for proven games. A free adventure or supplement PDF can really help me build a game’s player base. Let’s be honest, there are a gazillion games out there, and I have more games that I love than time to run them. So...

A sheet so pretty it may be worth going 2d20 — I kid, I kid. Gorgeous and practical design.

My experience is similar to MNBlcokhead's and I am a big fan of The Foundry VTT, but it does not meet your requirement that players an use iPad/tablet to play. It's an incredible tool and gets better and cooler all the time.

While I’d seen the title mentioned, seeing that this book netted an Ennie and seeing your comments and others, I went ahead and bought this book today. These awards are not the Nobel prize, but they DO mean something. I know people who look to these awards to guide them in navigating the...

Clarence, while you’re here I wanted to let you know I really enjoy the Old Soot supplement that I discovered because of this thread. Very clever and evocative. It feels at once oddly familiar and freakishly alien.

While I don’t disagree with what’s been said, there is this. Whenever I buy a new game, before I even look at the rules a quick study of the character sheet usually gives me a broad stroke picture of how the game will play. Anyone else approach learning a new game the same way?

This! A social contract is formed when you sit down a table for COLLABORATIVE storytelling.

Thanks to Dunwoody, I bought the whole M Space library.

It has a lot of similarities but is a fair bit crunchier, especially in combat. There are a lot of concepts that are more peculiar than 7e CoC, like Cultures and fighting styles. But the basic concept of d% and the degrees of success will feel the same. Some of the opposed rolls in combat...

Mythras really is the best game system that people can't be bothered to learn. It's unapologetically crunchy, not in an OSR way, but in a pure game design way. They're not guided by dumbing down a system for maximum accessibility. I love that this game exists. About a year ago, we used...

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e is worth a look for miscast rules, etc. All spells (divine and arcane) require a specific skill check roll and there are miscast tables and consequences (good & bad) for succeeding too well.

Combat is easily accessible drama for people. Clear stakes, clear actions taken, and there’s a reason why it still features heavily in popular culture/entertainment. Video games, action movies, etc. A lot of my home group are friends through an old acting troupe, but they still relish...

When I was an angst-ridden team starting in gaming, we used to play characters that we fantasized being. An Army Ranger, racer, wealthy, powerful lawyer, scholarly writer. Now I literally have all of those as actual people in my group, and we’re talking about playing angst-ridden teenagers...

Other than murdering someone they’ve abducted here or there, they sound like right upstanding gents. :-) You’ve received great advice already, but I can suggest a couple fixes. 1) Ask the paladin player if he’d like to play another murder hobo instead. 2) LG is not Lawful Stupid. 3) Don’t...

Fantastic offering and well executed by Jo and team. Reading the scenario tempts me to invest in the product line — and I’m not much of a Trekkie.

Very much looking forward to it. My participation in a Kickstarter will depend 100% on what enticements are included. Otherwise, I’ll wait and pick it up after it drops. We played a very little Iron Kingdoms RPG and I collected the catalog, and the engaging setting just crushed the flimsy RPG...