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I don't generally watch long videos like this, but I found the interview to be interesting, and Mearls's critique of Hasboro/WotC to be spot-on. I haven't played the new version of D&D (5.5?) and I don't intend to. It is funny that coming back into the hobby after a long time, then embracing 5e...

I am a master grognard (first game in 1981). D&D the brand is very different than D&D the concept. In other words, there is a company selling an iteration of the D&D game (5.5?), and that's the brand: the books, D&D Beyond, plushie owl bears, beard oil, etc. Then there is D&D the concept: the...

I am just now exploring Quest Portal (I am a Roll20 user and occasional Foundry player), and it is astonishing. Level Up A5e has a character sheet on there, and there are a few compendiums (all searchable by AI). Heavy on the Chaosium, but from what I've seen, I'm really impressed.

No worries, man. I am often astonished by how much Runequest stuff Chaosium puts out--and it is beautiful, high-quality material...but I don't know of anyone who plays it. I don't see much content about it on Youtube. It's not mentioned here on ENWorld (that I can see) or on other forums I...

Guys? Hey, guys...?

Hello, friends. Does anyone here have experience using the Quest Portal VTT? I am intrigued because it has games like Runequest and Level Up Advanced 5e available, but it also seems like it's leaning heavily into AI (which I am cautious about). There is a Chaosium component to it, as well, like...

Would could you suggest some OSR books/settings like Gods of the Forbidden North?

Just played our first session of Castles&Crusades. Really, really fun. 4th level characters felt robust, and had meaningful choices to make regarding their class and racial abilities. Combat was smooth and felt dangerous. Great gaming session!

As I said, I went into 5e with the wrong mindset, so when I gave the players magic items, it made their already wildy powerful characters even more juiced. That's not the fault of the edition: it is what it is, but it was a hard lesson for me as a DM. When I ran a second 5e campaign, I was much...

@Reynard one of the things I've noticed on this forum, and in other places, is how...dedicated 5e players are to this particular iteration of the game. People get crazy defensive, even hostile, if you critique 5e or suggest that it's not all that. If you like 2e, play 2e, or try an OSR game (I...

This is all really helpful, friends. Thank you! I am playing face to face tomorrow, so I'll get a chance to practice being a ham.

Not only is 5e an entirely different gaming engine, the vibe of the thing--the zeitgeist-- is completely different as well. That's not a judgment about which edition is 'better': better is in the eye of the beholder (no pun intended). But if you are coming from a 2e background, 5e is a very...

Believe me, my friends are too dumb to have anything that complex.

Play nice, children, or I'll take your dice away.

Greetings, friends. Bit of a backstory: I'v been playing TTRPGs for 44 years(!). The majority of that time was face to face around a table, and completely done with theater of the mind. Never used minis or maps or grids. In 2019, my group picked up again after a long hiatus (marriages, little...

It looks really fun, by my heart will ever long for Jessica Alba.

Professor Dungeon Master on Orcs

Sorry; maybe that's not the right word. Maybe mass produced, or generic.