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WHOOSH (my head) Is there an ENworld discussion or link to some site so I can be in on the geekiest reference on ENWorld. I'm feeling insufficiently geeky.

It is tough. With older players, as an older GM I'm pulled in two directions. In one direction, I was easier to run games, so I can focus more on story and world building and less on rules arcana. In the other direction, older players are comfortable with D&D. Also, while D&D (whatever edition...

I find that the general principle here is the same for me, but that it manifest differently. In terms of tech, I have fully embraced VTTs, and Foundry with loads of community mods, at that. But decades of working with complex technology likely has a lot to do with that. But also, I like letting...

My experience in LA saw a lot of that. I'm willing to admit that maybe I just rubbed Angelenos the wrong way, but they were too polite to tell me that to my face. :)

And they called us the slacker generation. ;-) Actually, it think it is that when you are in your 40s and 50s, you live by you calendar. Often work responsibilities are highest at this age and there is a good chance that at this age you've been coordinating your kids' schedules with yours and...

With the necessary "IME" caveat, I have found this to be a regional difference. Again, IME, I've found... California - people will casually commit to a date/meeting and just as casually cancel at the last minute. Midwest - tentatively commit but will get back to you. Milwaukee has a bit more...

Sorry, but what do you mean by "tricks" and "specials"? I've use Bill Webb's Book of Dirty Tricks for inspiration and also playing in games that use the card deck version. I think the golden rule of DM tricks is his advice to "build the story, don't screw the players." One example I've used...

Unless it is for my game room, I like more abstract art. Outside of my game room, the one art piece I could see handing would be the original cover of The Hobbit. MUSEUM OUTLETS sells Tolkien cover wall art. They also sell a variety of book spine and cover art that I find attractive: book...

In my D&D games I leave that it up to the players. I let them whisper verbal components and be subtle with their somatic components. In Warhammer Fantasy (4e), there are more explicit rules for this. Casting magic requires a Language (Magick) test. Most wizards have to speak their spells at...

Thanks, I put Designing with Mind in Mind on my book-buy list. I look forward to your dissertation (and enjoy you trying to defend it against the denizens of ENworld--the only dissertation committee on this topic that matters. ;-)

My brother in law is a talented Tattoo artist, both my sisters have received tatoos from him. But I just can't think of anything that I want on my body permanently. My older son is a talented artist with pen, pencil and charcoal. If he came up with something, I might consider it as celebration...

I've done both. I ran a year long campaign where we would play a one to two sessions adventure. The next adventure would start with the players at the next level. In world some time had passed and we would start the adventure with each player explaining what their character had been up to...

Thanks @Joshua Randall for that excellent write up. When reading thing like this that both make intuitive sense and are backed up by research, but where certain points don't seem to correlate to my personal experience, I like to dig in and think about that. For example, the presentation you...

I like specific settings when the mechanics are designed for that setting creating a very specific feel and flavor for the game. Currently I'm running, and have fallen in love again, with the Warhammer Fantasy Old World settings. For D&D, I think Eberron does the best job at creating a unique...

Just played around with it. Very slick. I rarely run D&D. Just the rare one shot. But when I do, this is my goto. Curious, I know from your other posts that you are big into terrain and minis. Do you only use DDB Maps when you run games online, or do you integrate into your in-person play as well?

Done with gaming or just wanting to prune the collection and focus on the one or few games you really like?

So much of D&D is not what I think when I think of the ideal game system, yet put together make something special that I can't help loving. Class and sub-class based character building, alignment, magic without consequences, magic creep, power creep in general. But I don't want D&D to change...

Captain of the town watch: [while getting ready for a vigil] Fish, we shall needs draw arms of especial make. Watchman Wojo: [Extremely excited about being allowed to go on his first time lying in wait] Ho there, let me take this task! I shall make haste to the armory. Now then, what be our...