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Typically, those two approaches to aesthetic and storytelling tend toward very different assumptions about power, how the world works, which tropes are "normal," etc. Additionally, the contemporary producers of each tend toward different approaches and different target audiences. Certainly, as...

Taking all that in, I think my end result would be to view the game somewhat neutral. •I can and do enjoy 5e, but it's not what I'm looking for when playing a game that is not 5e, so that seems like a negative to me. •I enjoy Edge of the Empire, so that sounds like a positive. •The book...

I find that the videos don't do a good job of answering the questions that I have in a way that tells me much. "The style of D&D" has varied quite a bit over the years. Is there a certain edition (and power level) that is assumed by the game? Are the narrative elements something like Edge of...

What if you combined Beastmaster with Weekend at Bernies? The players all play an animal who was bound to a dead/dying/decrepit old druid. Not wanting to return to the wild, the animals need to puppet the body of their master through a series of adventures and interactions with humans so that...

I don't feel that I know enough about it to have a strong feeling one way or the other. I'm aware that Matt Mercer is a lead designer. I have some general awareness of what tends to be his general style. Beyond that, I honestly can't say that I have much (if any) idea about what style of...

I think that a lot of the balance issues mentioned are unique to a D&D or D&D-like mechanic structure. There are other games which have (what I perceive to be) better mechanics for handling things such as mounts, companions, vehicles, etc. Taking some cues from how other systems work could be...

I'm less concerned with the level of fantasy and more concerned about internal-consistency and in-world plausibility. By default, I lean toward enjoying a grounded-ish experience somewhere on a venn diagram that includes Arthurian Fantasy, Conan, and low-level D&D. However, I can and very much...

Not yet. I've looked at picking up a few of the books for that system (partially for that reason). I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I've been playing for Dungeon Crawl Classics lately. Though, in time, that will likely be a reason to figure it out again. I'd like to do something like...

Different strokes for Different folks... In some ways, I find that GURPS tends to be faster than a lot of contemporary D&D (including Pathfinder). ------------ On the thread topic: I enjoyed Fallout 4 Settlement building. I think, if you took an approach like FFG Star Wars: Edge of the...

Anyone else revisiting Oblivion?

This is a quick and dirty overview: It will start with something like, "well, you watch [insert series] right?" "No." "Dude, really? Not at all. Everybody watches that!" *after going back and forth a few times..." "Maybe I've seen a few episodes." "Yeah, I knew you did. Everyone who games...

It's not solely based on me liking it. It's also based upon having watched people be browbeaten with endless questions about a series until their answer gets morphed into saying they like it. It's like some sort of geeked-out gaslighting. Though, it's not necessarily unique to anime. I've...

Looking at my last post, I didn't realize that autocorrect had butchered some of it. There are some anime shows that I'm not convinced people actually like, but I don't feel that applies to all of them. However, generally speaking, my own subjective tastes have rarely found anime enjoyable...

Overrated: anime... pretty much all of it, with a few notable exceptions. I'm not even convinced that the people who like some if actually do; I think they're just expected to like it to be part of the in-crowd. Underrated: The Barbie Movie A lot of the narrative surrounding critique of the...

I don't believe it's "tanking." However, I am inclined to believe that a future vision for what the game (and brand) should be (in the eyes of the corporation) may be different than the current iteration of the game. There may also be a position that the certain mentality and sentiments...

I vaguely remember that from discussions that were on the WoTC boards at the time.

Maybe, but Book of 9 Swords was published in (I think 2006). 4th Edition was announced in 2007; released in 2008. Looking at the contemporary climate, a lot 5.5-related folks are being cut from the company. Most of the Project Sigil Team has also been cut. Pure speculation on my part, but...

We're already seeing some different mechanics creep into the Monster Manual. In past editions, building blocks (and tests) of whatever the next edition would be could be seen in products. For example, Book of 9 Swords and late 3.5 Monsters had various pieces of what 4th Edition would become.

Do you think there's a need to free up some slots to get ready for the 6th Edition team?

I only have a casual experience with Warhammer. •I like some of the lore. •I bought a lot of the lizardfolk minis because they fit my idea of lizardfolk better than D&D. •The video games tend to be good. Aside from that, probably the closest experience I have to what I think might be...