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I'm seeing a lot of people fire back at the OP to "study history" which is fine and all, but this isn't actually a history question. It is a gaming narrative question. The answer is: What are your narrative goals? Follow those. Is the noble one of honor? Play up their internal conflict. Are...

Anything that reinforces a belief that it is hard and discourages people from trying.

Honestly we won't know until it's out and we see just how "backwards compatible" the old material is. Every edition since 2nd has had a revised edition of some sort put out. The edition gap really comes down to how much work the table has to put in to use older materials.

This. One of the things that will stick out when leaving the United States is how much older things are, many of which are still in use.

My Guess: Reincarnation of some classic Dungeon Crawl. Marry the old with the new. Temple of Elemental Evil a good choice.

I admit that the title is likely more provocative than I intend, but then again, perhaps not. Does your table share the financial burdens of running a TTRPG? These may include but are not limited to: Books, Minis, Printing costs, Dice, Tokens, Cards, Stationary, VTT fees, food/snacks

I've taken to giving my players a "menu" of games when a campaign is ending. I rank them from "I've got a bunch to work with here" to "I don't have much but would be willing to run."

I think these are fine ideas, but these are concepts about how gaming narrative can be constructed, and that's not really what I'm getting at, at least for this discussion. When I say leader, I mean who is making the game happen. If you are a player, what are you doing besides showing up ready...

Some good input. Thank you. Some further/deepening thoughts on it given reflection. By leader, what I mean is "set the agenda." Have you GMed a game where one of the players proposed the game to be played? Where a player directed character creation for the table overall? One where a player...

As a college prof, I agree. :)

Hoping for the best. But malicious IP defenses are an industry unto themselves.

Acclaim's lawyers may care...

Really worried they should have done more work on the name....

Since many seem to agree with the idea that the GM is in some way a table leader, I do wonder if part of GM outreach/education should involve teaching leadership skills.

My personal heresy: Reduce the number of Upper planes. There are currently 17 planes for nine alignments. Furthermore, the naming conventions could use a reexamination. Several planes still come from existing/historical faiths. DnD cosmology should be just that, DnD cosmology. Pastiche is fine...

While this is true, when I say leader, I am more meaning outside the role as rules referee. I mean leader as in "primary force making the game happen."

Ideas explored in another thread gave me a thought. Do you view being a GM as a "leadership" position? I think it is often forced into this roll. Examples: GM is often the primary party for rules knowledge. GM is often the primary rules teacher. GM as provider of gaming location. GM has to...

Very agree. I think GMs often take on too much responsibility for everyone having overall fun. All you can control is how people feel about your own contributions.

So this is incorrect for two reasons: 1) A GM isn't trying to win, they are trying to challenge, under the expectation that a challenge will be more enjoyable. The Players are trying to win, not to challenge the GM. Under your example of Chess, both sides are trying to win ideally, with...