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Completely expected by everyone except those who think tariffs are a magical way to make the country rich. Domestic companies can raise their prices and still be competitive because they'll still be cheaper than foreign alternatives. I expect what few RPG purchases I make in 2025 will be PDFs.

This is pretty much how tariffs work and this is expected by everyone except those who are currently pushing for them. As far as gaming goes, part of my decision not to participate in the current Alien Kickstarter is because of the uncertainty of the current economic climate. I don't even know...

Ok, it’s been a while since I’ve said anything about technique. This is a wolf (dire?) from WizKids. I painted this a few years back, but it was so bad I stripped it and just repainted it. I generally don't like WizKids miniatures, but this one is textured well enough that it makes for a good...

What do you mean resort to cannibalism? I'm diving in head first. Literally.

Eight doesn't sound like a lot but it's way too many for a desert island. i.e. There is little in the way of pain points when I can select eight. Savage Worlds (I can play a variety of genres with this one.) D&D (Because you know at least one of the castaways won't play anything else.)...

I did specify D&D's class system.

You can do zero to hero with a point buy system. D&D is really good for playing D&D. It excels at it for reasons which stump scientists to this day. I'm not knocking D&D for having it's focus, when I have the D&D itch there's no better game after all. But I figured out around 1990 or so that...

D&D's class system only works well for one thing. D&D. It doesn't work particularly well for the many fantasy books I read in the 80s and 90s.

D&D has been in a constant state of change since 1974.

I was salty because I thought 4th edition was bad. It was no Cyborg Commando, but once I played a few sessions I realized I wouldn't be buying the game. I think it's also a decision predicated on putting out a better product. For third edition, I can't help but think WotC recognized some of...

I'm certainly not the first person I know of to express positive opinions about CoC d20. Do I like it better than classic CoC? No. But the d20 version by Monte Cook and John Tynes is a pretty good book. I've certainly seen plenty of others who agree, even if, like me, they prefer classic.

Hell, while we're wishing....I demand a 5th edition adaptation of The Littles.

As someone who has PTSD from his experience with the great d20 glut of the early 21st century, I can still acknowledge there were a lot of surprisingly good adaptations. One of the best d20 products was Call of Cthulhu d20. If this was anyone's first introduction to CoC, they lucked out...

There are design issues exacerbated by some of my players' proclivities. I'm not one inclined to heavily modify any game I play and that's not going to change with D&D, so I'm just going to have to live with it and hope they reconsider when they make 6th edition. I'd like to see them do...

Tedious as opposed to being fun and exciting. The player characters in my current campaign have reached level five, and most combat encounters last 4-5 rounds. Keeping in mind all my players except one is using D&D Beyond off their phones instead of having a character sheet, here's how it...

I've run into this problem to. During my last East Texas University game, a PC wakes up to find an underaged girl dressed in odd clothing in hi dorm room (nothing untoward). The PC pretends to be asleep, and when she exited he got up, made sure his door was locked, and just went back to sleep...

My advice whenever we start a new campaign is to make characters who are interested in engaging with the premise of the campaign. If we're playing D&D, your character needs to be motivated to adventure. Maybe they just want treasure, maybe they're do gooders, or maybe they're trying to gain...