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I've backed a bunch of Kickstarter, dating back to 2015, and very few delivered on time. A couple are super duper late now (I'm waiting on my Blacklist Fantasy Series 1 miniatures like many of us), and there are two I feel I'll be lucky if I ever see (a gelatinous cube shaped soap block full of...

I typically only read one star reviews, especially on Amazon. If I'm interested in a product and the description of the product suggests it will meet my needs, what I most want to know is what challenges others have had using it. As a rule, people singing a product's praises seem to not hit the...

EDIT: Never mind.

Fun, not fun, it still isn't the same. And it couldn't be the same, but the same is what I wished for.

I'll never pass up an opportunity to sing the praises of DCC and its XP system. In a nutshell, DCC awards experience for surviving encounters, not winning them. In my experience this slight difference means players are more likely to think strategically; is the reward of the battle worth the...

That's a great way to put it! In all honesty, Hackmaster "4e" would've made a decent 3rd Edition AD&D. It went places that official products didn't and had a more cohesive design feel behind it. But c'est la vie.

There were a few 2nd Edition Savage Coast products that made it as far as layout but were never officially released. They're all on Pandius now, by permission AFAIK. The Savage Coast - Pandius

I liked the NEXT sorcerer being more distinct from the wizard. The ability score bonus tied to class as well as race was great too. And I really liked the feat tree for gaining spells/spellcasting, the only surviving member of which is Magic Initiate. I like being able to add a bit of juice to...

But what we need are the mad scientist xixchil variants!

It blew my mind years ago when I was working as an editor and we saw several attempts to create rules for quicksand and drowning, both of which are covered in the DMG. The DMG also has rules for Morale checks and weapon speed modifiers, both of which are often marked as something we grognards...

I loved Hackmaster "4e" and was sorely disappointed by "5e." It wasn't their fault; their license to use the AD&D/2e rules had expired and they had to move on with their own system. But it just wasn't the same.

I'd love to see Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies adapted. The toughest part would be the magic mechanics. I'd love to see Glen Cook's Garrett Files. Better world building and a more interesting setting than the Back Company IMO. And for Shannara, couldn't you just use...

Dungeon Crawl Classics. It's a weird fantasy game that is essentially the 1974 version of Dungeons & Dragons interpreted through 3rd Edition mechanics. It's a blast. Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG|Goodman Games

I'm actually not sure. I've fallen in love with DCC's experience system, which has low thresholds (50 XP for level 2, 110 for level 3, etc), but provides 2-4 XP for surviving an encounter, depending on how tough the adventure was. So if the adventure includes 10 encounters, a character who...

Awesome job as always! But what's the problem with giant space hamsters? I love 'em so much I wrote a whole 5e book about 'em. Come for the 20+ creature statblocks, stay for the PC options, Spelljamming helm, and 80s movie references! Dungeon Masters Guild

Out of town; no game. :(

I'm 100% on board with a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe of the film. In fact, I'm hard pressed to think of a tone and approach I'd like better than that one. A group of misfits that squabble and bicker but work pretty well together, have each others' backs despite their sometimes diverging...

Hey, thanks! I appreciate it.

I voted "make new" but I'm both lying and a hypocrite; lying because I don't really care since I don't need a new setting and a hypocrite because I wrote the 5th Edition Zakhara Campaign Guide, updating Al-Qadim, and I would love for everyone to buy it. I'm most interested in pulpy, weird...