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But then what do your players do with their gold? That's not a rhetorical question. What use does gold have in the 2014 rules as written? I've never seen any, at least not past very low levels.

I like the roll-to-cast system in Dungeon Crawl Classics more. For one thing, it has spellburn, which allows you to burn luck -- or, in truly dire situations, permanently burn down another attribute score -- to push through a spell that would have failed. That way wizards aren't completely at...

About fricking time! I've really enjoyed 5e the last decade, but that's been a gaping wound in the ruleset. I've played and DMed extensively, and (excluding third party materials) here is an exhaustive list of everything cool I've seen players do with gold: Buy plate mail. That's literally...

This is cool, but how could I ever use one of these minis to represent my own character? Everyone at the table would be thinking "that's Astarion!" and for that matter so would I. Still might get it, though.

All those are good, but the first and the last are amazing.

You had me at Brad Kerr. His best adventures are genius, and his least good are very interesting.

"a new record album" Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

I mean, health experts say drinking water is good for you, but still...

Slander! When was the last time your saw a pigeon fend off multiple lawsuits?

Dungeon Crawl Classics did it twelve years ago. If anyone did it even earlier than that, I'm not aware.

This is the one aspect of Shadowdark I don't much like. I once had a game playing a level 1 wizard who immediately whiffed both his spells, and had to throw darts at -2 to hit for the rest of the time. It was not fun. The good news is that this is easily fixed by giving casters a luck token, or...

I thought the font of all evil was Comic Sans?

A preview or two might whet our appetites. Hint hint.

Shadowdark and Primeval Thule seems like a match made in heaven.

Ayyy, I'm like Nostradamus over here

You're thinking too small. Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition 2nd Edition.

Dungeon Crawl Classics has an adage: Monsters should be mysterious. It's bad when the players think, "Oh, a group of three ankhegs, I know exactly what those do." Monsters ought to feel alien and intimidating.

I will definitely play 5.5. But I'm not buying any of the books, because WotC can go to hell. They don't get my money until they shape up. I don't need their books to play the new edition.

Woo hoo! 4e is back, baby! Arise, 4vengers! Our time is nigh!

My favorite implicit skill system is 13th Age's. Instead of taking points in skills, you take points in backgrounds. So you might have five points in "former city watchman." Any check you make, if you can convince your DM that the background applies, you get the bonus. So if your city watch...