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Couldn't find it up-thread, but you pointed out that it's easier to start DM'ing at 10 (when you're still being encouraged to "imagine" a lot) than when you're 30-ish. Totally agree with you there. Also, that's an interesting spread of paid players. If I was trying to come up with an...

I don't think DM'ing is hard. I do think DM'ing WELL is hard. I also don't think we DM'd well at 10 years old. Of course, our 10-year old peers didn't have a high bar of expectations for us to meet, either. To say nothing of the fact that if I recall correctly the average "new game" skews...

The burden of playing is far less than the burden of DMing (putting aside the monetary commitment we seem to take for granted hits a DM harder as the DM seems to be expected to buy more stuff, let's consider a DM that is in a group where everyone is sharing a single PHB, DMG, and MM). Playing...

So I've been looking to start creating some personalized maps I can use running my TTRPGs... but I do like using prepackaged settings and to my great disappointment, most of the map-making software I've tried out is AWFUL at importing maps. Mostly my goal is to "dumb down" published maps into...

This is a pretty good point - I find CM9 (Legacy of Blood) to be very good at showcasing the "Running a Dominion sans War Machine considerations" rules and I have a soft spot for X1 (Isle of Dread) and its use of wilderness hex-crawling (though that may just be nostalgia talking) and might...

In Search of Adventure itself is a compilation of several other adventure modules and starts the adventurers given three "hooks" to choose from in Threshold, with each hook starting a different adventure. There is a "flowchart" on page six suggesting how the adventures might logically follow one...

Normally I'm not a fan of theadliches... but in this case I heartily approve.

Yes, we are doing it wrong. IMHO we are doing it wrong because our (mostly US) culture has a gun fetish and wants them everywhere. I want my D&D games to use more elegant weapons for a more civilized age. When I'm DM'ing, doing a gun at all is doing it wrong. There are no guns at my table...

Adamantite Dragon 6 - 2 = 4 Astral Dragon (Dragon #134) 10 + 1 = 11 Radiant Dragon 7

Adamantite Dragon 9 - 2 = 7 Astral Dragon (Dragon #134) 11 + 1 = 12 Hellfire Wyrm 9 Radiant Dragon 9

Adamantite Dragon 14 - 2 = 12 Astral Dragon (Dragon #134) 12 + 1 = 13 Hellfire Wyrm 13 Radiant Dragon 14

Adamantite Dragon 19 - 2 = 17 Astral Dragon (Dragon #134) 15 + 1 = 16 Concordant Dragon 8 Hellfire Wyrm 13 Radiant Dragon 13

I suppose that depends on both "which 8 years" and "when did you buy them" and "how did you buy them?" I would posit that buying, say, the years 2000-2007 (third edition) would have cost you less had you bought them in print then than trying to assemble that same print catalog now. But it...

For a game approximately the "Size" of D&D the answer for me is "at least two books" - having a book specific to the players hopefully cuts down on some of the meta-gaming (why yes, I do ban the Monster Manual at my table for anyone except me when I'm the DM even though I know a lot of players...

Adamantite Dragon 18 - 2 = 16 Astral Dragon (Dragon #134) 17 + 1 = 18 Concordant Dragon 13 Hellfire Wyrm 16 Radiant Dragon 11 Rust Dragon 14

Just to go back to the original point, the question was not "is TTRPGing Expensive" - what is or is not expensive depends on the individual and their disposable income and available time. The question was "is TTRPGing an Expensive Hobby?" That's why I looked up other popular hobbies. With most...

You, sir, owe me a new keyboard.