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My (technically) first D&D experience was trying to run the Moldvay box basic "Haunted Keep" for my mother and sister in 1982. It went meh. They didn't get it. Then, a year later, I tried to play AD&D with a high school club. It went terribly. They let me watch for two hours, and then they...

So, the ducks... Can you tell me about them? This one from the new edition looks rather cool!

But I like the magics! (Does that make me shallow? :cry:)

And space clowns are fiends. (y)(y)

Two Steps from Hell - my go to rpg tunes. Just used several of their pieces to soundtrack a Greyhawk Azure Sea pirate session.

The truest of statements. It is revealed to me in glorious and ultra-annoying fashion every two weeks during sessions in which our GM - who works at one of the not-indie-and-very-big fantasy RPG publishers in a very-rules-significant role - is routinely questioned throughout the game by the...

I have been to Gen Con, other biggish cons, and little cons. At some of those, I was there as a designer and representative of a company. Why did we spare the (often insane) expense to go (sometimes crossing a big ocean to get there)? to present a new product that can get much more exciting...

I can't underscore this enough. I've lost players on Fate because they can't at all understand that revising their Aspects to reflect the narrative evolution of their PCs' places in the world (thanks to the actions they've taken during sessions) means as much as - if not more than - a...

I'll enthusiastically second FAE! Played it so much! I'd also suggest a look at Cogs, Cakes, and Swordsticks and Shatter6, both of which are very rules light games with their hearts in the right places. And @overgeeked you've recently made me give serious pursuit to the fkr vibe. Gratitude or...

Witchlight is more easily adaptable to suit younger tastes than Strahd, even if those tastes lean toward the darker side. Edit: And Witchlight’s pacing can be adjusted without hurting the emergent narrative.

I was watching your progress on this elsewhere, and it was remarkable! Well done, sir!

The magenta Moldvay boxed set. Hooked me hard into D&D in ’82 and almost certainly changed the course of my life. Omar Sharif’s 2 5 8. I barely remember how to play this board game, but, as a kid, I was obsessed with its tactical scoring. My gateway into chess, go, etc. They’ve Invaded...

Despite my own access to lots of old Ravenloft material, I purchased and really enjoyed Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. It was a fresh, quality modern reboot that gave my groups a clean start unburdened by truckloads of past material, official or otherwise. We were able to make Ravenloft our...

And please don’t turn on a creator when their work or delivery evolves and, for whatever reason, you are no longer a fan. For example, some creators start off as fans themselves — they freely share quality content with folks as they engage in the hobby, gaining a bit of a fan base of their...

No monster is ever off the table for me. Now, half-orcs and half-elves are a different matter. I've never been a fan of some of their parentage implications.

Fate Accelerated is very beer & pretzels and you don’t need a VTT. Cogs, Cakes, and Swordsticks for light steampunk fun (light crunch, light theme). 5e with each of 2 players running a PC and sidekick (but probably too much).

Oh, snap! Aside: If Greyhawk doesn't see a remake beyond Saltmarsh, which ONE classic product would folks suggest could be the best source of inspiration to launch a home campaign that could sustainably move a 5e group through many, many sessions of exciting emergent...

That’s the art order for the wrap around cover of the new Greyhawk setting book (if I was in charge). And it would kick off a “new” era of discovery as we move into the next iteration of the game. The middle school kids I DM for would LOVE it!

Will the minis included in the non-random ship/space sets also be included in the blind boosters? (I can’t quite tell from the Wizkids site.)

Oh, yes! Who remembers the quasi-deity Heward? He had a home in Greyhawk that, as per Gygax in Dragon #71, was "nondescript on the exterior. It extends into many extra-dimensional spaces, so its interior actually contains all manner of rooms and spaces — from cramped lofts to a grand auditorium...