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Doesn't have to be that crunchy. But yeah, SW is just not up to much in the way of personalization.

Don't offer min/maxed options. There's no perfect firearm. Some are better for CQB, some for medium range, some for long, some for precision. Everything is a trade-off.

I skipped over SJ when it first came out, but I did run a Sundered Skies campaign (which degenerated into 'hunt sky whales and buy real estate'). I am now casting about for new settings, and I see that material is being produced again. Is SJ just 'piracy among the stars', or is there some depth...

I usually include a talent (or whatever your system uses) for Favorites. A lot of firearm purchases are based upon user bias, not hard statistics. Ergonomics, and belief, real or not, in a given caliber heavily influence choices. So this talent gives a small bonus to a PC using his preferred...

I used MapTools for years. Its good, and free, but the learning curve is much steeper than Roll20, and the support is less.

I'm older than you. I find that my retention is fine, I need readers, but for me, the big change is my patience for new systems and settings has declined sharply. I look at a new scenario, and if it doesn't have a concise summary of the plot up front, I won't bother. Sloppy maps? Trash can...

I use Roll20; my players only need the free account to use. Discord (also free) handles the audio and a lot of between-game interactions, both IC and out of character. We don't use video. I'm an old gamer, too (started in 1979). We're playing Aces & Eights rules (d100 system) in a slightly...

I use AI generated maps, pictures (for props), AI-generated poetry (props). If there more options, I would use those as well.

Well, I just post the information on the bulletin board of the VTT. You just tie the stocks they are interested in to RL stocks, and post the difference before each game.

Its fairly common IME. My group tends to make investments with their spare cash. I have, for the last 25+ years, tended towards older gamers, so I have to generate rules for real estate investment, stock markets (where appropriate time period), dental technology, and the like. Currently we're in...

The thing is, there are so many players looking for a good weekly game, that you can carefully vet each one, and ensure you get the right sort.

I do prefer on-line, for various excellent reasons. The first is the sheer volume of good players available on-line. For at least two-thirds of my gaming career (started in 1979), I have have the prospect of campaigns being derailed/ruined by the loss of players without ready replacements...

Nope. When you necro a thread it is customary to stick to the topic.

There's free map-making systems all over the Net, but this thread is about maps, not map-making systems.

Or you could maps for free from a variety of sources, such as pinterest or deviantArt.

IMO/IME, this is an issue of the classic GM job: managing expectations. During the vetting process of prospective players, I lay out the table rules, or standards of social interaction expected of a prospect. Since moving purely on online I've dropped quite a few (BO and wearing pants are no...

I decided I was overthinking this. My solution is that the creator of the gizmo required that to use the gizmo, a permission (small ritual) from a willing descendant of the creator, and only one permission can be given per descendant. This places the party at the mercy of fairly random NPCs...

I was there when it came out. AL/CL was an attempt to pull D&D back from the depths of mediocracy. The effort failed, but RM grew out of it. Wiki isn't really a source, but I suppose it sounds cool. D&D didn't invent TTRPGs; it just the Twinkie of gaming. A rousing commercial success, but not...

Because you would be very wrong. And no, that's not how Rolemaster started. I was around in the start of the hobby. D&D was not the only RPG in the 70s. It went on to be the most successful because it appealed to the lowest common denominator, but it is not the basis of everything. When Arms...

Not at all. A successor to Rolemaster, yes. But the cheesy 'superhero' vibe of D&D, the 'clay man' damage system (no effect until zero HP is reached), the endless river of senseless and unexplained talents and feats, the sheer volume of spells, the 'no death' combat system, all are absent...