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Depends on the group: if we're going rules-lite, Barbarians of Lemuria has a very freeform system of magic that allows players to make up their own spells. It's very creative while also being balanced by what the spell can actually do. With a group looking for a more in-depth approach to magic...

Sure did as Cook's something of a TTRPG celeb, but I was fairly disappointed. Most of the advice leans into the "Storygaming/Narrativist" sphere of the hobby which, if done, could easily rub certain players the wrong way. Some players actually engage TTRPGs to play a game, rather than walking...

Ye Gods why did Pemerton pose this question? To see cats fight? Huzzah! Victory Achieved!

You're writing about plot and hooks as if you're giving advice about screenwriting. Don't write plots as they will almost always result in players being railroaded. Designing TTRPG campaigns is about crafting engaging scenes that will allow players to use their skills and special abilities...

The animated map feature is great.

Marc Brooker doesn't know the difference between hobby and sport. All hobbies aren't sports and all sports aren't hobbies. So he's typing nonsense from the start.

I played those same games as a kid. Most of us did, and Pretend™ did have rules. Can I play a superhero or a cop? Yes? Then being able to play a superhero or a cop or a robber or a princess was one of the rules. Can I have a gun? Yes? Then being able to shoot people with my finger-gun was...

The correct answer is 50% base chance of success doing anything modified by character ability.

Feeling this is a simple rules answer that depends on whatever game is being played.

What do you mean "Golden Age"?

Play a different game. Obviously the players aren't into it.

Then don't play games you don't like. Easy fix.

Is the advice "bad" if it's effective?

Wow. The Six Cultures of Play is gibberish: the author suggests there's six cultures of play then also notes that someone who plays TTRPGs might belong to one or more cultures - which excuses how the author's descriptions of the six cultures tend to overlap (is "Classic" like "Trad" or "Trad"...

Define "guiding moral principles" as related to TTRPGs and how are they different from "preferences"?

Most modules recommend reading the entire adventure/campaign first to get a good grasp of events. If there's pieces that you feel "have no bearing to the greater story", don't use them. If you've read the module thoroughly, it should be fairly easy to edit out scenes and NPCs. It seems you are...

It would help if sites like this had a stand-alone forum just for GMs so the skills associated with running campaigns could be passed on. Instead there's a terrific amount of talk ABOUT GMs and how terrible they are and what they're expected to do BUT where's the forum that empowers the...

Yes you threw the fight because you admitted in the previous paragraph that you would've been MORE disappointed with a TPK or an "undramatic finish" than the BBEG not escaping. If the players are not playing to 1) pass the time, 2) learn the game or 3) make money, they're probably playing the...

1. less crunchy than dnd 5 2. horror 3. broad character concepts Risus: The Anything RPG

The Microscope RPG doesn't allow players to play characters? From the game site: If a TTRPG group requires its players to craft backstories for their characters and "some people" who are players in that group refuse to either write a backstory or write a backstory providing the level of...