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Me too. And I miss the little bonuses they granted wizards in 3e. Having a hedgehog granted an armour class boost, a cat gave a boost to stealth, I think a pig gave boost to diplomacy? That was fun. It meant something if your familiar or animal companion got killed. Now you can just resummon...

Just told my husband I'd really like this game under the Christmas tree this year. Thanks for the review!

I was looking forward to this as a fun adventure show. It was disappointing and I just couldn't engage with it.

Could be a very relaxing gaming session. Cakes, tea... Oh and a dead body. 😏

And Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is an awesome game designer/writer.

This sounds fun! Gumshoe and hobb, I mean halflings, what's not to love?

Last night's session went well. As I mentioned, I started off the campaign with All Hallow's Scream from the mysteries in the core book. The players had a lot of fun interacting with the quirky characters at the Hallowe'en party and exploring the shlocky mansion of retired B movie...

The Between is a game I'm hoping to get my hands on soon!

I'll be running a new Brindlewood Bay campaign this weekend. I have 3 players and they made their Murder Mavens last week. We have: Opal: elderly Goth girl with Dale Cooper move and painting hobby. She's a little bit Addams Family. Violet: cookbook author with Columbo move and the baking...

Because new players and GMs might not realize that players creating their own background features are an option at all. Since D&D is most people's first game, I want the book to encourage as much player creativity as possible. Customizing in 2014 was often ignored because the option was buried...

I can easily see a new player not wanting even more spells. A bard may not want even more ways to inspire and even more instrument proficiencies. Yes, they might, but lots of players won't want their background features being more of what they already do. And the way the book is organized...

I might be wrong, but I remember Crawford stating the background playtest rated very high and would not need tinkering. I'm thinking the loss of customizable backgrounds as a player option is a later decision that came without playtest feedback.

I prefer the UA playtest where the backgrounds were examples but players were free to create their own. Yes, I know this can be easily done at tables that prefer it. WotC should be encouraging player creativity, however. The current backgrounds are all mundane and will mostly be chosen for...

I did that too. Then thought, this isn't making sense!,

We manage. Everyone keeps notes(some better than others). If there's a contradiction, we don't sweat it too much, since it probably wasn't remembered in the first place. The campaign is more zeroed in on party. I think of it as Tolkien vs. Peter S. Beagle world building Both are cool and work...

I find it's less work. You build as you go and it's not all on the GM's shoulders. Maybe start with small village, some adventure sites nearby, add more locations when the party travels. Add a big city, nearby countries, maybe ocean travel, etc. Follow the players' interests and encourage player...

Yep. I start with a small area, some interesting hooks, players continue to add things as well, and the world unfolds. I used campaign settings in the past but starting with minimal prep, and no real setting besides some very bare bones did not actually feel any less real. We are just as...

And I was playing the 1st addition Warhammer RPG, not that sissy D&D game. 😂

I was a girl playing rpgs, (now sadly an old lady, but still playing!) Never was it an excuse to find dates, like what a weird take. 😂

Shadowdark is very addictive. We keep going back to it.