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I don't subscribe to D&D Beyond but can anyone who has seen it working do a comparison with the Lion's Den Gamemaster app? I found that app to be great and the ability for me to add my own stuff to be helpful.

I love early testing. Fail fast and often because it's cheaper to do it early than it is to get deep in development and then fail.

Some how I think this XKCD is appropriate

I need an RPG that stops time so we can play more RPGs. In general, I find that it's easier to build the theme I want in something like FATE or GURPS. For a new game, I want some new mechanic that would justify a new system. Something like the card draw make a poker hand of Deadlands but where...

I started in 1979 in middle school. The GATE program in Irvine CA had a teach who introduced us. I was already a heavy player of warfare board games such as AH Battle of the Bulge and AH Midway. My family also played a lot of other board games. I was lucky that I had a number of friends who...

I haven't been able to make comments on this thread until now, but I see the point here is the same that video game designers have been trying to make, a language to discuss games. This was very big after game designers looked at Christopher Alexanders "A Pattern Language" (1977) and there were...

I'm surprised Shield Master isn't more popular. I guess the change that prevents you from bashing before attacking played a big part. Knocking down people is fun.

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Now if they get around to a War Against the Cthorr show or movie, I'd be interested. Having the earth changed out from underneath humans is interesting. Plus giant killer worms.

If the world is a fiefdom (and I usually run them this way) all the chains of loyalty run up to the king. Armies are expected to have warriors (fighters, barbarians, calvary knights, scouts, lower level warriors), and maybe a few other specialists like mages, clerics and bards. Specialists...

It's more a cliffhangers setting but The Mummy (1999) with Brando Fraiser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Kevin J. O'Connor is the best roleplaying movie. Hands down. Fight me. The group dynamics just feels like a RPG group with everyone kind of working together but also doing their own thing.

A lot of how people will see balance will depend on the goal of their RPG playing. Are you interested in the story, then characters are balanced if they can contribute to the story in the ways they want to succeed. Are you focused on combat, then the players will want to look at damage per...

I have a good number of the In Nomine books (Steve Jackson Games: In Nomine) but I've never found the right group to play it. I would like to play a Dresden Files campaign eventually, but I'm not even sure what the system is any more. Was there an original system and then there is a FATE...

I wouldn't call it hate but I don't play modern or future games with leveling mechanics. I just don't like it. I also don't like it when games fail to understand the probabilities of the mechanics involved. Deadlands poker hand mechanic was an issue there. Love the game setting but the...

While I think poorly thought out dungeons are annoying, to me the worst offenders are houses / manors that are just terribly thought out. Gralhund Villa in the Waterdeep isn't bad but having the kids room be accessed through the master bedroom is annoying. The Cassalanters' Villa is just a mess...

I like the GURPS stuff I've seen for the Star Wars universe but I think the WEG RPG versions are the best. Unless you want to break out Space Opera. How's that for barely playable.

It would be interesting to have a few more bonus action options for wizards, but I don't think they need it since they have action to bonus action spells. Also as mentioned Wizards are already quite good and the UA class modifications were to shore up some of the weaker parts.

Interesting, I didn't see much discussion about why I like GURPS better that most other RPGs. GURPS allows me to world build the way I like to world build. I can add the different books to find the things I want to put into my game that serves a narrative or game purpose. Do I want a fantasy...

I'll put in another plug for GURPS Dungeon Fantasy.