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If you're aiming at kids, having a little math is great. Games are a perfect way for kids to strengthen their math while having fun, and it won't scare them away.

Oh, I know. I do this in other genres. I just struggle running super heroes, even though I've played and enjoyed supers games. Not exactly sure why. I'll probably try again some day. I do like Icons, Worlds in Peril, Marvel Cortex and I played a lot of FASERIP.

I hated dungeon crawls back in the day. It turned me right off D&D. Crawling through rooms and corridors poking every inch with a big stick. Going through the same routine upon entering every room. So boring! These days there are some really fun dungeons put out for the OSR/NSR. Gavin Norman...

I did think of another genre that I won't play: spies. Pretty sure I'd be hopeless at running one too. Super heroes keeps coming up in this thread. I enjoy playing supers games but I'm terrible at running them. Every time I've tried, I have no ideas. My villains just want to sit around...

Sci-fi horror. Don't care about the Alien franchise at all. Mothership is a great design but I don't want to play or run it. The other genre that leaves me cold is cyberpunk. I think those are the only 2 genres that really turn me off.

Yeah, it's all a bit unsettling. But I'm old. I know kids can be savage and I do love hearing Ben Milton's stories about running games for kids. They have no mercy. 😂 D&D violence is the not bloody kind. But this just feels like it might not have much room for the encounters to be anything but...

There is something unsettling about the bright and cheery graphics, aiming at more family friendly vibes, and.. gnolls. Gnolls that need to be slaughtered because if the party goes down, they'll be torn apart and eaten. I'm not sure this is the way to modernize "Keep on the Borderlands."

Now I'm wanting to make good gnolls. But more seriously, if gnolls are now fiends, there will not really be any incentive or perhaps even abity to negotiate. Any idea what other creatures are lurking in the caves?

Yes, I ran it. It's weird and definitely Brad indulging his goofy side. It's still dangerous. Not my favourite Kerr adventure but we had fun.

Brad Kerr's Wyvern Songs is an excellent anthology. We had many hours of enjoyment from this collection.

You can't go wrong with either system. For S&S, I'd go with Barbarian of Lemuria. I like the characters having different "careers." Conan, after all, was a thief, warrior, king, slave, pirate, etc. Also, characters start tough and competent. In S&S, I'll montage travel, so characters can end...

I don't use D&D as a blanket term. If I'm talking to people who don't know what I mean, but have heard of D&D, I'll say it's a role playing game like D&D. If by some miracle, they are still interested, I'll explain the difference. 😁

I read 13th Age and had some doubts. Played it and fell in love. I haven't looked much into the 2nd edition development. I think I'm nervous. 😂 Will definitely take a look once it's out though.

13th Age?

Mearls does not believe that D&D is doomed. He states that it will remain firmly in the number one spot. He does say that other games are growing, while D&D is shrinking a little, and that this is not normal. Usually the fortunes of other games rise and shrink with D&D. Crowd funding and direct...

This is often a misunderstanding. Moves were created to assist the GM and offer support for beginning GMs. They are not at all constraining. PbtA games make it very clear that these are not specific things players do. Don't name the move. State what you are doing in the fiction. Just like any...

I'm still at loss. Games usually lay out their rules, tone, and expectations. I can't think of a single rpg that could be blamed, either unintentionally or through poor design, for problems at the table. My example player was just demonstrating that D&D is a poor fit for him. My question is...

I'd like some examples, please, of games that have mechanics that are unintentionally causing social disruptions at the table.

But it feels like you are assuming that Momentum is a weakness as a mechanic, because some groups may struggle with it. But this is true of many game mechanics. Some games are poor fits for some tables. You are agreeing with this point, so I'm left confused. There's a player in my group who...

Most games, light or heavy, have advice on table expectations. There may be particular challenges that are attached to certain game styles, but I don't believe that any one style is prone to more problems. If problems crop up, shouldn't the table expectations be encouraged and enforced?