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Typically I only buy PDFs which are either on sale at #DriveThruRPG, #HumbleBundle, or #BundleOfHolding. And at this point I have more RPGs than I know what to do with. Yet I persist.

That's still a greater than 98% chance though. It really is, and it's strange to me how this isn't listed as an inspiration.

And given how big a hit #Hasbro took from the #StarWars license I can all but guarantee they're not interested in licensing any properties they don't own. Now buying the rights to #StarTrek on the other hand...

And once again I find it quite confounding that the core book is being released before the starter set.

But there already was a paradigm shift in this design space. It's called #MagicTheGathering. And I think it's as close to peak human design as we can get. Beyond that, I go by a catchy set of design guidelines I call the Three Eyes: Index, Instruct, Inspire. A system needs to show the player...

All those bolded brand names. What is this a #PalladiumBooks press release? Seriously though I'd love to check it out but Daniel doesn't want me as a customer. Luckily they'll refund your money if they disagree with your political ideology. Now if only we knew what theirs actually was... As for...

On the one hand they created viable product. Not my cup of tea, but above average for the industry. On the other their industry segues are nonsensical on every level. Exactly how would NFTs even integrate with a tabletop RPG? It's not like they have the electronic licenses for these properties...

Noumenon There is a place outside of normal existence called the Silhouette Rouge, a place where the conscious and subconscious merge, where the real and unreal are one in the same. The Sarcophagi, creatures lacking memory and identity, are imprisoned within this place. They walk the Silhouette...

While improv may not involve math it can become creatively exhausting very quickly. There's a reason random tables are a thing. Rolls are essentially improv cues, and too many can overload the process. In fact many performances involve only one. So while it's great the dice tell you what to do...

On the contrary characters in BitD are explicitly and mechanically held together by a central mission. It's literally the core premise of the game. No. More so you need to clearly present the procedures you want them to engage in, as it doesn't matter what other incentives you provide if the...

My bet is they tried, missed, filed the serial numbers off, and went with what they had.

In other words the initial statement is correct. No, that is not why they keep their traditions secret, and I suggest you actually speak to a native rep before advocating for them. You mean the media which appropriates from cultures which aren't Japanese, uses Nazi imagery as a stylistic...

This will not be the win indie artists think it will, as the only ones who will benefit from AI training being copyright infringement are the major media corporations, who will then proceed to use AI themselves and prevent anyone else from doing so. Which is quite easy as users have already...

Wait, aren't they the one who sought out and assaulted Jeremy Hambly (The Quartering) at #GenCon? What a shame such a whimsical franchise ended up in their hands. Good thing it's being released through #Cryptozoic as they're still permanently banned there. Will it include a 'but mom/dad said...

Ultimately player driven campaigns rely on a group of players who are interested in meaningfully interacting with each other and a system which supports that. Otherwise you either have the whole group on mission, or nobody other than the lead protagonist participating in their own story. And...

Adding extra dice would be more intuitive than lowering the TN however. Such a limit and rule would also open other options up like being able to tempt a player with more dice to attempt something. It's worse than that, it's counterintuitive. Opposed rolls would probably be the best solution...

If they still haven't settled on a system they could do worse than just go with Green Ronin's AGE at this point. The creative director already thinks system is irrelevant to how you experience the setting.

Vincent's thoughts on the 'Unwelcome and Unwanted' is one of the most important insights to ever emerge from the RPG design community. People tend to see rules as tools to resolve conflict when one of several outcomes are being advocated for. But introducing the unexpected is a fundamental part...

I'd argue it's the only framework which can be applied where endings are concerned. No amount of +++ will prevent criticism of a nonsensical premise though. And it cannot even be addressed until you explain how such endings can be enforced outside of player actions. In other words you need a...

So the problem isn't that #WotC is moralizing to you, but that it interferes with you moralizing to your players. If the adventure is well written I'll run/play it, because the morality of the characters does not reflect the morality of the players, and that morality is determined by the...