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One of the great things about licensed games like Old Gods is that they don’t have to worry about the comparisons to other games, they just have to focus on the source material and getting the feel right. Btw, Old Gods is a fantastic podcast.

The other part of that is know your audience and the space that you're in. If an OSR bro is talking about how much Cairn is easier to run a particular style of game than 5e in front of a bunch of other OSR bros in an OSR space, that negative comparison seems fair to me - the audience is in a...

Yes, but I think that IS what other people's point has been about. Efficiency or ease is sometimes not what some people want. The time thinking about their setting, the time creating maps, the time thinking about modules to run, the time looking at generators - that can be the juice in playing...

Once again someone does a fantastic job of pushing me farther away from ever trying out a new game because they want to prove its superiority over other games rather talk about how fun it is.

Dude, what if people just friggin like the stack of modules, online generators and 300 page setting bible?

Sometimes you wonder if they're doing it on purpose...

A wagon train with artillery is going across a frozen river but it can’t withstand the weight of a moose and pack of wolves?

See invisibility would allow the caster to see the entrance, as would truesight.

I watched one on BritBox a little while ago called Dalgliesh, based on PD James detective novels. British murder mystery fare but well done with a good lead.

I ditched it about 7 years ago when I realized that a substantial number of people who I was “friends” with were now “liking” stuff that then ended up in my feed and found absolutely repulsive. It’s a view into people’s thoughts that I never ever want to see again.

The issue with Magic and silver weapons is that if you don’t have those weapons, the question isn’t really “how will the PCs beat the monster?” It’s “what answer for beating the monster will you accept as DM” and “did you provide a dynamic enough environment with options for the players to...

I don’t know why they just don’t replace it with regeneration. That way you can damage a werewolf all day long and beat it long enough to get away from it, but you can’t kill it without the silver or magic weapon. Gives the party a lot more flexibility to be effective but still makes the...

I have to agree. I mean, I love the game but simply playing other TTRPGs will make you realize it’s not the be-all end-all. The fact that it has such an outsized influence and market dominance versus other wonderful games that are also extremely fun points to it being overrated.

5e and 5.5. Shorter to type, rolls off the tongue easier, understandable.

I would kind of question what table that got rolled from and think that could still make for a cool encounter with some quick rationalization of why there's a yeti in the desert (magic portal? monster escaped from its captor?), having some quick context for oddball monsters in unexpected...

I totally vibe with this. In a completely generic game, I admit I'm going to end up playing some sort of rogue, ranger, or gish. They're my go-tos - I'm comfortable with them, I know I'll always like them, and they fit easily anywhere. In Call of Cthulhu, I'm going to lean into a 1920s/1930s...

I know - I wasn't really commenting on your response specifically just the overall underpinings/premise. It was just a launching point.