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That’s for the creation of vehicles. Piloting vehicles is much more straightforward and covered in the core rule books.

Hence the ‘unscientific’ qualifier. But they are probably the best stats we have available.

I did a little unscientific analysis on BoardGameGeek, looking at just the top 5 rated games and comparing the number of recorded plays versus the number of people who own or previously owned them. The ration goes from roughly 2 to just over 6 which does not suggest a huge number of replays...

I was meaning this character

That flyer for the shows has a character (top, right) who looks to be a firbolg in the style shown in the DH core book. Are there any 5e races which look like that? I’m not aware of any but don’t get into 3PP ancestries. And maybe a simian, bottom left? Again, I’m not aware of a 5e race like...

I suspect the viewing number for Age of Umbra will be a factor. If they are ‘good’ (whatever that means, but they probably have a way of analysing and comparing) then maybe they will make the leap. The sales numbers for the core set are probably a factor, too, and they seem to be ‘gang busters’...

I love those kind of irrational missteps. WFRP is, of course, much darker than D&D. The best one I have come across is someone whose parents wouldn’t allow D&D but Call of Cthulhu was fine…

Have you checked out their merch store? They have a Critical Role bathrobe!

Perhaps, maybe this is a common thing. But there are many people who collect boardgames and play them over and over again, whether that is a flurry of plays for the same game or putting them back on the shelf to play again months or even years later. I think board games are in some ways more...

I would agree that most RPGs I have played were weak on vehicular combat. I like the vehicle combat rules in Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. It actually has four different options if you use the Sci-Fi Companion book (two in the main book, two in the Companion). Just sticking to the core...

The first RPG-ish things I would have bought are the original Fighting Fantasy books. They were my gateway into the hobby. I learned about D&D from a friend at school whose older siblings played; I would have been 11 at the time (1983). So my first RPG-proper was Red Box D&D; whether I bought it...

I haven’t got it the table yet myself, only read it. But it reads really well as a more grounded fantasy game. It gives me The Fantasy Trip vibes.

The current Dragonbane crowdfunder is for a new city book - Arkand (and an expanded magic book, too).

Babylon 5 is probably the model I reference back to as well in most campaigns. A degree of long term overarching ‘plot’ for want of a better word. Big things happening in the background for the players to interact with and either adapt to or rail against as they wish. Interleaved with smaller...

I like the PCs to be exceptional because I like asymmetrical design for RPGs, The PCs should work on a different paradigm to most NPCs; how different and what that difference is can vary by game. In Savage Worlds for example, the PCs are Wild Cards while most NPCs are Extras, and that makes the...

Boardgames are one of the secondary activities of my gaming group. We aim to meet weekly, and the #1 plan is to play an RPG. If the GM hasn’t had the time or headspace to prepare, we will usually switch to boardgames as a secondary option which we also really enjoy. We have a few RPG-like board...

My understanding is that you get the spotlight and get a point of fear as the GM if a players rolls with Fear on an action roll. You don’t necessarily have to use the spotlight to attack the PCs, however. But you get to make a move as the GM so can push the scene in some way.

I suspect GMs will need to do this regardless, as spending Fear allows the GM to take the spotlight. So managing spotlight will be a key skill for running combats in Daggerheart, across both PCs and NPCs. I think this will be one of those things people need to try out and see if it is fun for...

I’m coming at this from a theoretical perspective as I haven’t run it yet, so take my ideas with a pinch of salt… It seems to me that this just needs the same GM table management skills as you would typically apply in a non-combat scenario. Watch the table, make sure Spotlight is being shared...