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Any poll is just a reflection on those that vote for it, so it is difficult to get upset about any objective detail. How you personally feel about the results is up to you, of course. For me, it’s a bit ‘meh’ but maybe I am getting old. The most exciting releases for me this year are...

Certainly, there are plenty of gamers who unfortunately feel that whole diversity of RPGs out there is just a footnote to D&D and certainly, an interesting game mechanic design can elevate a game as being significantly different and original. However, as a case in point, the Discworld RPG is...

That is why I’m not interested - the IP already exists in RPG form. It is the same feeling for the other games with new editions or the various alternative versions of D&D really. Admittedly, a lot of the anticipation for games is often based around new editions or iterations of old games, but...

DriveThruRPG GURPS Discworld has been around since 1998. It was partially written by Terry Pratchett alongside Phil Masters. The GURPS 4th edition version of game is completely standalone, requiring no other books. The GURPS community remains pretty active on the Steve Jackson Games forum and...

Yes, I’m not knocking other people’s choices or enthusiasm (or trying to push my own) but there are usually at least one or two titles that I was unaware of or think ‘that’s cool’ after a quick check on the link. Not this time though. I have a few things I will buy (mainly as supplements for...

Underwhelming in that I have absolutely zero interest in any of the games listed.

I already have GURPS Discworld and I prefer the mechanics.

While I am sure there will be enthusiastic fans for all of these games (they voted didn’t they?) it is, for me, an underwhelming list.

Every time somebody in the media gets mad at D&D you can guarantee it gets a few more thousand units sold.

I wish Elon Musk would just **** off to Mars already! He’s like a badly drawn Bond villain at the moment. If he goes anywhere near Hasbro, he’d kill D&D stone dead. Stop politicising the hobby.

Not interested, this year.

Considering this whole website hasn’t mentioned it all yet, yes. Thanks for acknowledging it.

No mention at all of Ars Magica Definitive Edition?! Even though it is a multi award winning, hugely influential Hall of Fame recipient with more than 50 supplements available as add ons? Shame. Here is the link: Ars Magica Definitive Edition

The new rules regarding Backgrounds are where we seem to to have the most complaints. They seem to have some arbitrary calls in them, can stereotype characters somewhat and also lead to some peculiar optimisation. For example, Hermits have Ability bonus options for Constitution, Wisdom and...

Traveller: 2300AD was not associated, setting-wise with Traveller’s Charted Space/3rd Imperium setting. The technology and timelines of both settings don’t mesh at all. Nor did the rule-set - until Traveller: The New Era was published with the then GDW house-system. I think it was basically an...

The established D&D market has grown since 2014 and with plenty of marketing and advertising it is no surprise that the book has sold a lot. I also still don’t have my preordered copy. Will Hasbro/WotC be bragging about slowest delivery ever?

Yet, in NZ it is delayed till October. Hey Hasbro/WotC, if you're worried about the D&D brand being "under monetized" you could start by actually delivering your Preorders on time!

One final ‘selling point’ for the GURPS version of Discworld was that it was actually co-written, along with Phil Masters, by Terry Pratchett himself. He has sadly passed away now.

There was a point - when and where I cannot recall now - where it was shown that something like a fifth of all books sold in the UK was written by Terry Pratchett. I think he's been overshadowed in recent decades by Harry Potter though. For me, I am happy to keep my copy of GURPS Discworld. It...

I think that is a pretty harsh appraisal of the article’s statement based on personal interpretation of what ‘Initiative’ means. In the case of both games, the point is that there is no mechanical use of an initiative system to determine the speed of consequential actions. Unlike other games...