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Indeed. That’s where I stop wanting to interact or discuss with someone. That’s such a charged word and something that involves real world politics which we try very hard not to do here. Once you pull that term out about a role playing style, that’s where I get off the conversation ride with...

Fellow Gen X here, and I remember working as a coach for debate in the 90s. They had participation trophies here and my team thought they were a joke. What they liked was that I followed up with each team member after each debate and we talked about what they did and how they could improve. That...

For the record, I've no problem with anything that Mike wrote. I don't tend to play the way he's talking about but it's no problem that he does, or other OSR people do. I was simplifying things and I think you represented it better. So take half a mea-culpa point from my description ;).

Ah, interesting that we’re getting back to discussing sales again. I haven’t heard anyone outside of this thread today say WotC is claiming it is the best selling book. I might be wrong about that and I’ll be willing to change my opinion with a cite but all I’ve heard is that it’s the best...

But we don't know that it is even that. He was at Gary Con, a very heavy OSR event, and posted about designers not being willing to put death on the line. Saying that younger players are even okay with that. And that sits poorly with people. I don't run my games that way, and yet I can...

I know that and ... it's really strange to me that this thread is full of posting about how should have posted or what he meant ... all the while he has an account on this site and actually posted to this very thread. That seems rather presumptuous of people. I mean I don't play the way he's...

I'm looking in my office at my first edition AD&D PHB. It's survived from the 70s. I think the odds of it surviving 10 years from now (and it's in my will to a friend who would appreciate it) are better than the odds of D&D Beyond being around in 10 years. I don't even know if I will be around...

If I lose a book, that affects me, but it has zero impact on you. Similarly, if a huge print run is made for a book, I can likely find a copy of that book to add to my stores again. I see early edition D&D in used bookstores all the time. But if Beyond goes down, it affects everyone. While...

It matters because if it's bought through D&D Beyond, it isn't really bought. Anything happens to D&D Beyond, it's ... gone. If you have it as a PDF you don't care about WotC after the sale, but nor do you with a book but in this format, if they shut down you're out of luck. If I remember...

This is really cool. Thanks for posting it! It definitely removes any legacy components that may be upsetting. Now something more to read.

We heard this, and yet it didn't even get mentioned in the quarterly report. Seems like it may have been some semantics rather than something that the shareholders would be excited about. It will be interesting to see how much is discussed in the next few months.

I remember looking at a PDF of part of the rules, which is likely what everyone is talking about it. I know you can order it through Backerkit but have no idea if it's actually available at the moment. From what I remember, it was very nice, and for the right group interested in telling the...

Oh I have nothing to do with the game other than enjoying it. When I release an RPG I'll make sure to let everyone here know so you can love or hate it as you want. I promise. It very much does feel like Dungeon World (which I sort of think of as a starting point for a lot of people) with Blades...

It depends on the game. If you want your game to be widely accessible, you should probably design around it in my opinion (as anytime I don't state something as objective fact, you can assume I'm doing...) I play and have played a ton of games. Many of them limited themselves in player base by...

And when it gets too annoying, there's the Ignore button. I find using that helps me not get more annoyed than minimally necessary. I'm sure many folks have done the same with me...;)

I am not a DDB user but I have heard the stories. It seems like this should be a strength of the site but it's just not. Since all my groups play online, I just do an Internet search for it. Sometimes, I get answers from EnWorld! Playing in-person I like to keep tech tools away from me but for...

I think this is so important! In my current group, we have a player who has trouble with the rules. His fighter character had to be reminded of things like Action Surge and Second Wind ... every session. He is a great roleplayer and a smart guy overall, so there's just something about the rules...

I think this is a really good point. The roles in the game largely came out of very early play. I remember being told, "Stay behind the meat shield!" ... in the 1970s. The biggest role that we didn't really see until later was the striker. Sure, certain classes could do more damage (Rangers were...

There's nothing wrong with any of that and you play the games you like. You do you. I'm writing this for all the people who aren't you who might read this and think, "Oh, so this is just a 5E heartbreaker." I've read and played a lot of those. Grimwild is not that. Frankly, I think anyone coming...

I'm sorry, but this could not be more wrong. The classes are presented so people who are familiar with 5E are able to come into the game and see something they like. In practice, the game plays nothing like 5E. It is "Dungeons in the Dark," essentially being a mashup of classic fantasy gaming...