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I imagine your players are rules lawyers. Which I expect is the most extreme of the heavy rules people. I like a simple streamlined system but I don't mind options though players should be able to opt-in or out on complexity.

If you mean, you like the shapes of the coastal areas especially up north, you could easily move it somewhere a bit warmer and turn it into a traditional campaign. See how long it takes for people to notice it's northern Canada. Here in the US they might never notice. Not sure about Canadians...

I'd say more cheaters have special ways of rolling the dice than are using cheaters dice. Buy a dice tower that everyone uses and few cheaters will be happy. I'm for fair dice though and if I knew certain that dice were unfair then I'd dispose of them. That is hard to verify. I wouldn't buy...

I think the most Gygaxian thing of all would be to just do whatever you want. I do think I agree in broad strokes with Gygax's vision for D&D far more than what has been in the 21st century but so what. If I didn't I sure wouldn't be changing my playstyle. Play is a voluntary activity meant...

People are different but I'd argue your more outside the norm for your age if you really are an active gamer. I buy vastly more stuff now than I did then because I'm at the height of my earning power. And I play less! 50 year olds will on average outspend 20 year olds on their hobbies. Now...

I don't think there is a "win" to be found here. There is only victory over the other half of the player base. Either way some side is unhappy with the outcome. I didn't buy 5e primarily because they couldn't deliver me a fighter I found acceptable. Though power wasn't the issue. They put...

Then it would seem to me that we are only one class from making both sides happy class wise. Make a normal human fighter class for those like me that want it and make a magical bloodlines class for those that want supernatural fighters.

I've actually seen as many superheroes in real life as I've seen this happen. I suppose if everyone was a complete noob including the DM.

Batman is a perfect example. In a universe of "magic" beings like Superman, Batman still flourishes. In terms of just power, Batman is weaker by far. Batman is still a cool character but how is that? Equipment. We also have Green Lantern who is powerless without his ring. Ironman who I'd...

The problem as I see it is that "parity" as you call it creates a game that just feels nonsensical to many of us. We are fine with cinematic action for martials but we are not for Paul Bunyan nonsense. We can believe that magic is capable of things we can't imagine otherwise only because it is...

I would support them doing that for the 4e players even though I am not a 4e person when it comes to preferences.

I'm a master grognard by your system though I played paper chit wargames long before D&D so maybe I am flirting with grandmaster. I don't think WOTC cares a wit about us. The reason is that not enough of us are playing. If we were playing a lot we would own the space as we are in our most...

I think there is no real compromise and they will continue to skirt around the ages. I don't want a wuxia fighter which honestly is what people want if casters are going to be traditional casters. So they can't possibly make you and me happy. We are diametrically opposed. I don't want...

I noticed it right away which is one of many reasons I didn't buy 5e. I think I could have house ruled surges away but everything together just made me throw up my hands.

My eyes were really opened when I found out that many people do not think of the mechanics as representations of real things. I've never played that way and until I came here I never even heard of the idea. Spells had to be memorized or "prepared" Spell levels were real. You might flavor up...

I think the changes to Orcs and Drow are just one of many examples that the folks at WOTC are out of touch with their players. Not every player but many of them. Was anyone going to quit D&D because Orcs were evil as they have been from day one?

Amen to that! I wish Marvel and DC would listen to you. I don't mind an Avengers world or an X-Men world. Teams can be fun. But we don't need a world with every single hero ever in it.

I've been buying a lot of GURPS products. I'm planning on running something in that system. For world builders it's got a lot to offer especially when even how magic works is part of your world building.

GURPS is a rock solid system and the game is more a toolkit. You might "design" a new game by learning GURPS and then constructing the type of game you want. If mechanics are not why you are designing but rather you want to bring a concept forward.

I want something clean and easy to read. If it's core rulebook, I want a paper version and I will pay more for a hard cover. I like art but it rates low for especially compared to what I see people saying. I could forego art easily for a 10 or 20 dollar reduction in price. But I want...