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27. Killing a prisoner is taboo. Instead of execution, the local custom is to toss them down a sinkhole with no supplies or equipment and then grant them pardons. Opportunistic carnivores await.

I've been really into Boardwalk Empire. I'm in the middle of season three, and had a bit of an epiphany as I reflected on the story of it... The next portion of this post is going to be in a spoiler tag, as it contains spoilers for the first 2 seasons of Boardwalk Empire. So it occurs to me...

Hit locations generally require looking things up on a table, and at least since 2000 (when 3rd edition came out), there's been a very anti-table current. The most common argument against things that require looking stuff up in tables is that it slows down game play.

I'm really shocked how many people are posting what weapon they prefer, rather than answering OP's question. I don't even see how you'd think that was what was asked. Ah, that's a good point. The handle acts as a lever, which is something the swords lack. Although from what I understand...

Blunt weapons are more effective against armored foes, but since their lethality relies on mass they tend to be slow and difficult to wield. Spears are great because of their reach, but if an enemy manages to get past them then they are nearly useless. They're also good for setting against the...

At the risk of perhaps going a bit tangential, I think the secret here is to find the goal first, and then work your way backwards. Using D&D 4e as an example, the designers decided that an average enemy should take about 4 attacks from a player of the same level to be killed. That means once...

This probably going to sound really odd, but I kickstarted Dungeon World, and I don't really have any idea what it is. I had some vague idea that it was some sort of a more modern take on a retro clone, but I guess I was wrong about that. I've got the mobile version sitting on my kindle, but...

Check out The Adventurers. There are actually two, The Temple of Chac, and The Pyramid of Horus. I haven't played the second one, but it should be pretty similar in theme. My understanding is it's basically the same game with different traps and mechanics. In The Temple of Chac, each player is...

Mechanics are more important in my opinion. I may be odd, but I find crunch much more interesting than fluff. :) Side note: In my own RPG I'm designing, the mechanics have actually informed the setting... I was trying to come up with a reason that mages should prefer light armor, and I had the...

You know there's already a d20 World of Darkness, right?

Great to hear, but... Please, for the love of Pelor, NO. There's no reason that has to be an app. There's no advantage in this case to making it a native app over a plain old web page. With HTML5 (which both Android and iOS support very well), it can look and behave just as nicely as a native...

Humanoid robots are cool, but entirely impractical in a combat situation. The humanoid form factor adds a lot of overhead and vulnerability, but gains you almost nothing. A tank is a superior weapons platform, it's simpler (meaning cheaper to create and operate), and in terms for both firing...

Pretty sure Shadowrun is d6 only.

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You sound entitled, and as though you feel you're doing your players a favor by allowing them to game with you. Which, to be fair, you are to at least some extent. DMing is a lot of hard work, and the DM is often the center of the gaming group. But DMing is very often a thankless job. The fact...

A coworker sent me a link today. The URL contained something about water balloon RPGs. I was actually disappointed when it just turned out to be a new Japanese toy that fires rocket-propelled water balloons. But that got me thinking... Imagine playing a game of dread with a water balloon? Not...

You're using terra clips with WotC's dungeon tiles? Interesting. I'd definitely be interested in pics. How long have you been doing it? How have the tiles and the clips held up? That's definitely not a risk I was about to take... For those who don't know, Terraclips is a system of tiles and...

If you can source them, milk crates are perfectly sized for holding D&D books (they also perfectly fit boardgames with 12" square boxes, which is one of the more common sizes). Sourcing them legally is the tricky part, though. The ones you can buy at e.g. Target are a lighter grade of plastic...

To everyone complaining of "insane" shipping costs: You find a cheaper shipping option. Hint: Shipping is expensive, and you probably can't. Amazon uses shipping as a loss leader. They probably also have special deals cut with the various companies thanks to the sheer amount of business they...

This is one of the bigger issues, but it's easily solved (assuming a communal deck) by using two decks, one active and the other shuffled. When you need to change up, switch to the active and have whoever just went (so they have time before their next round) shuffle the old deck. Bam, 0 down...