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A schtick I've used with younger players (usually elementary age for this) when I want to run a traditional D&D-style dungeon crawl is to assume that the PCs are agents of the law. Their job is to capture any ne'er-do-wells that they defeat and deliver them to the authorities. Combat ends with...

Heh. I love buying new games and have shelves and shelves of games that I've read but never played. The enjoyment of reading this one alone is worth the price. But I've been itching to do a sci-fi game which I haven't done since traveller long ago. Scum and Villainy seems like the right move. If...

I appreciate this and the many other generous offers. I've been following these conversations for years and my curiosity is regularly piqued by references to BItD and PbtA games. Alas, my time is quite tight at this point in the academic semester so my online presence is limited. I'll be sure to...

This rings true for me, too. As a middle-school teacher who sponsors the school RPG club and runs an RPG summer camp, I introduce a lot of young people to the joys of this hobby. But, I was weaned on D&D and have absorbed many of its tropes, so my default style of play includes a fair amount of...

I’m curious how this compares to other implementations. I played classic traveler and some MT long before I tried GURPS. Now I’m a GURPS fan and was considering hunting down some of the GT books.

Just bought some new paint after a 20-year hiatus. Digging through boxes of unpainted minis, I found a giant rat and a pack camel that looked interesting. They turned out a bit darker than intended, but I’m pleased at the first pass.

Suspicious ally versus lunatic dragon-spirit.

This raises some interesting possibilities. There might, for example, be groups dedicated to exploration that do their work over generations. You might now have the first person to circumnavigate the sphere, but a first family or lineage to do so. You could even have a terrestrial version of a...

There could be a metaphysical reason why some rare folks lack the magical trait. It could be an organ that some people are born without (or have a disease or injury that damages it). It could be their count of midi-chlorians (noooo!) It could be a spiritual angle, like a divine curse. It could...

Chasm, slender bridge, spitting spiders.

@Tun Kai Poh, I'd love to hear an explanation of your latest (fabulous!) 5-word post:

Google Docs for me. I usually keep my notes for a single campaign in an ongoing document with internal links to each session. My notes tend to range from hyper-detailed to nonexistent, depending on how much prep time I have and how concerned I am about upcoming scenes and conflicts. I frequently...

I forgot to mention Labyrinth. It uses a simple ruleset to allow you to play in the world depicted in the classic movie. My whole family enjoyed playing through it.

I've been using the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying Game (Powered by GURPS) since it was published in 2017. My main group is on our third campaign. A colleague and I also ran a week-long intro to RPG summer camp using it this summer for middle schoolers. Years ago I ran a ten+ year GURPS 3e...

Ice dagger and cursed hoard.