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That is excellent! I admit I would run it again if I could find a decent copy. I ran it right up in to college, when my buddies begged me to please take a break from Dragonquest and Runequest to consider the new AD&D 2nd edition. I should never have listened to them LOL

The great thing is this is easily testable.....name a game you think is dead; someone just needs to come along and say, "Yeah, we're still playing that." Games I think are dead: Amazing Engine System (any of them) Synnibarr (EDIT: scratch that, the wikipedia page suggests that there Synnibarr...

I don't know the source argument, but it sounds like he's not critiquing game mechanics or writing, but art direction, suggesting earlier takes in art direction were better for some reason (not necessarily just because nostalgia). Art is inherently aesthetic and often subjective, so its fair to...

Pocket books are great for table copies, and I have players who can't afford a $60-70 hardcover but can afford a $30 pocket edition, and actually buy them. I bet my table's experience is not unique. And with the current economy and tariffs, I bet cheaper cost rulebooks are going to become even...

I'll take it. Daft Punk is amazing, but they earned their retirement.

Tron is one of those things that scratches a very deep, old nostalgic itch from my youth. I read the novelization then got to see the movie weeks later, and loved it, even though its a bizarrely flawed movie in many ways. The sequel equally so, though when it came out I was not yet old enough...

I'm keen on the Alien RPG Kickstarter but holding off on anything prospective (e.g. Kickstarter) for now until we see how the tariffs impact things.

I've been able to migrate my book and graphic novel collection to digital and it worked well, but I really have a hard time doing so with RPGs for some reason; the physical necessity of the book at the table for utility is too great, and the odds a laptop or tablet battery will outlast the...

I think you had to come from the wargamer side of it to know of (or think of) this strategy, or be aware it was documented somewhere in the rules. My groups from 1981-1989, and then with 2E from 1989 up until the last time I ran it in mid 2009 had never, ever heard of this, and this is the first...

My point stands and is also now proven. You should look up the actual definition of empathy sometime.

I agree. There could be a lot of lore that explains it. But we only have the playtest material from UA to go with right now, and it apparently alarms a lot of FR fans. So I really don't have any opinion, but suspect that even a sentence or two with the subclass saying something like, "And then...

Exactly the same here for me. I did keep running AD&D 2E until 3E came out, but 3E was a major breath of fresh air, a sort of house cleaning, and was great until around 2006 when it became clear the splatbooks were overwhelming and min/maxing was the default play style for everyone. I still...

I think it would have looked a lot like the Options rulebooks, given they were sort of a testing ground for evolving the rules.

Yep. The new edition of D&D is all about this deconstruction and disregard for what has come before (unless it is an iconic element that makes for good branding), and I have already tapped out, but I empathize with those who are still in the ring and bothered by the perceived arbitrariness of...

I prefer (and have exclusively drunk) Diet Coke and then Coke Zero once it came out. Sure, they might cause cancer, but better than all that excess sugar!

You're not alone! I love Pathfinder but for my homebrews. Golarian is just a setting with enough generic elements for me to easily borrow from for my own settings and scenarios.

I generally keep CL as close as possible (I've found the game gets unpleasant with too many CL +2 or higher encounters no matter what items you give the PCs, as the math just weighs against them) but an extra couple of CL -1 to +1 can mean more risk without the frustration players experience...

My preferred gaming gods to invoke are Ken St. Andre, Michael Stackpole, Liz Danforth, Steve Perrin, Sandy Petersen and Marc Miller so I have no bone in this fight.

Clown Car Full of Aliens.

I have run a couple PF2E campaigns where I essentially ignored the level on items and starting handing out awards around 4-7 levels higher than the PCs as a matter of course. I had to take that in to account for building encounters, but the net result was players feeling much more excited about...