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Hmm. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/03/rpgs-flawed-characters/amp/

Hmm - based on the intro I was expecting a comparison of at least a few anecdotes where the books had a natural plot progression vs the TV shows coincidence. What I experienced instead was the author of this post dumping on Star Wars. Coincidence?

Monster players are disliked within the game world (offset by the fact that we KNOW it’s a game [vs our reality] and like “anti heroes”), cause the whole group to be faced with a more visceral morality i.e. ‘we just killed our buddy’s brother’ by placing monsters both IN and OUT of the party...

Hunh, when I think immersion it's the levels of realism and minutiae that come to mind. I.E., do you have free description of action, positioning, health or grids & hp. That's also a metric of concrete vs abstract. And this builds all the way down stylistically of course with whether you...

Speaking of "anachronistic characters" and Dead Mill, it really looks like there's tire tracks in that wintry photo. Hunh.

Stranger Things is completely low key. The more it grows, the weirder it gets, the less intimate and special it feels. D&D will not want to reimagine itself as a movie about a being coming through a dimensional portal--and the normals that oppose it. They'll totes want to save the world. And...

Tell me more about this "good player knowledge" vs bad - and how that's more prevalent in this edition? I'm used to the idea of metagaming. I'm unfamiliar with, having never played, this edition. I'm interested in what you mean, and can't yet picture how a player's knowledge of monster names...

And hey Frank - if you're reading this, with all your talk of "I" and "you"...meaning the actual me, I'd be happy to have a conversation with you regarding why you think it's cool to ask for money when you haven't yet created anything substantive, and you perceive yourself to be persecuted by...

I can't believe there's a story here beyond a crappy looking setting and overly ambitious poorly realized business plan. This had train wreck written on it from the start. I'm glad to see the end of it, as a blight on the rest of the hobby. Stranger Things and waffles...hmm?

How does 'Shadow of the Demon Lord' differ from 'Out of the Abyss? Well, I say DM Peter Watts 'Blindsight' novel...and read it first. It's a free e-book on his website.

I probably have no use/need for this. BUT - it looks flippin' AWESOME! --edit--And I just sent them a message that they NEED an English native editor. Great potential, fairly sloppy text.

Aw geez. So Frank isn't active in the campaign at all, but Mike Myler is purportedly quoting him... A backer asks what the three brown books will be (you know, because you have to PAY for them...and may want to know what you're paying for...), here's Mike quoting Frank: "What do the "Three...

Power creep - collectible game: "Oh man, I paid $50 for this thing that was awesome then and worthless now. When I made this purchase I had no idea that I was on a treadmill where I'd need to pay to win! And, I'm emotionally attached to my old stuff so it annoys me to have to go get new...

The communication on this feels very disjointed, but I know I've been thinking about this maybe 35 minutes vs. your 35 years so if that's an interesting perspective - keep reading. Here's the gist of what I get after reading this post>>>>> The opening line; "Start from scratch" = screwed up the...

Dupe

I've never seen a more captive audience for a game of ping-pong - so while I've got no horse in that race (or any other sports metaphor) - can I ask why folks want a planar sourcebook? Given that previous editions had them it seems like a hole. Right? But the materials are there to tell cool...

Oddly enough, the 's' in Strategos avoided any 'Stratego' board game connotations till you mentioned it--still I'm getting more of a whiff of the ever present Romanism of the fantasy-sci-for blends. Say the Red Rising novels. Anyhoo...six to ten adventurers!! Whoah! That's a lot of old school...

Very cool discussion that actually articulates that moment when you read a published adventure...and something is...off. It could be a foundational premise, the names are too goofy or unmemorable, the plot is dumb or the motivations require to participate are hackneyed. And so, you first...

Egg - read down through your article and didn't see any anecdotes. Would like to know if you've played this game with kids? Either your own or otherwise. One thing that seems common to all parents is that they discard opinions on what's good for kids unless it comes from someone who can vouch...

Grr, can't edit. I mean - it's like the definition of deus ex machina. Don't we frown on that sort of storytelling device in this hobby?