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I really think it depends on your criteria. I'd agree that most of these were influential and some were quite good for the time. But I think the list is more about nostalgia and adventures that got played a lot than being a measure of the quality of the adventures themselves. For example B10...

I am pretty discriminating these days when it comes to buying physical books. I typically only get a dead tree version if it is something I am likely to actually use. Maybe the one exception here being setting books which I tend to read cover-to-cover so prefer a physical copy. With PDFs I...

As someone who has been playing since the Holmes set and has played in a couple of long-term paid games I don't think it is generational or about the mentality of new players. If anything I think idea of DMing as a paid service appeals more to folks like myself who have disposable incomes (i.e...

The game I am a player in uses the gritty realism healing variant, so long rests take a week. The bad guys continue to advance their plans while we are resting. This could have consequences like bandits recruiting more followers so they are stronger the longer the PCs wait to attack their HQ...

I like that backgrounds are just, well, background. Adding feats into all of them just turns them into another vehicle for trap choices and power gaming shenanigans. I am not opposed to it for certain settings and circumstances, but I would rather it not become a blanket part of backgrounds.

I would like to see them continue the existing setting largely in the spirit of the originals, even if they don't feel compelled to do exact re-creations. First, WotC has talked about the continuity of the D&D experience. They have re-released classic adventures in TftYP and GoS in part...

Secret? Based on these forums I assumed WotC had confirmed they were doing Spelljammer dozens, if not hundreds of times before now.

I agree that this is the logical conclusion to fudging dice rolls - if you are going ignore the rolls that don't give you the "right" result, why roll at all? But I see that as an argument for NOT fudging dice rolls, rather than as an argument for not rolling. Ultimately this just takes the...

Many of the APs could be converted with a bit of creativity. Dead Suns, Dawn of Flame, and Threefold Conspiracy are pretty heavily science-fantasy and could be the basis for solid Spelljamer campaigns.

Yes, the impending feud between Team "Love" and Team "Thunder" will likely be long and bitter.

4E Second Edition

She-Ra, Maya and the Three, and the Dragon Prince (all on Netflix).

Of all the published cosmologies, Eberron is my favorite. Because the outer planes are not simply representations of a particular alignment they are far more interesting thematically. For example, Dal Quor is a plane of dreams, Shavarath is a plane of war, etc. The existence of manifest...

FG is my first choice. The automation is great, especially for more mechanically complex games like PF and SF where you want to track lots of ongoing effects. It has a bit more of a learning curve for things like coding effects, but most stuff is pretty straightforward. It also has great...

Check out Paizo's Ten Fun Facts About Goblins. It is pretty old, so I am not sure if it represents the current depiction of goblins (now that they are an official PC race), but seems like it would be helpful for what you are thinking about.

We also have three licensed D&D Halloween Masks coming this fall: a beholder, a mind flayer, and Venger. The last is a pretty obscure reference if WotC is not planning on doing something related to the cartoon between now and October.

Both from a theorycrafting perspective and from actual play experience I would say that ranged is objectively better than melee. But not so much better that I think it is a major issue. Ranged has some drawbacks too (cover, disadvantage in melee, can't use shields), and while some of these can...

This looks like it would be awesome to play around with for about 20 minutes, but once the novelty wears off....you're just interacting with the game through a screen. I'm not sure how the illusion that it is on your table adds much to the experience, and having to always hold the screen so you...

In my experience, no matter how cool a "cutscene" type event may seem in theory, that tends to get outweighed by players' frustrations at not being able to meaningfully interact with the event. An example from SKT:

If you are interested in podcasts as well then Manifest Zone (co-hosted by Keith Baker) is an amazing source for Eberron lore.