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I think we're talking about different things. Maybe? IDK. Obviously there are lots of games that quite successfully use the base mechanic above (it might be the most common RPG base mechanic). I was very specifically talking about OSR and D&D adjacent games where you have stats from 3 to 18 that...

Roll low in a d20 environment allows rolling directly against stats in a useful way, as opposed to abstracting it out one remove to stat bonuses and DCs. It means every stat point counts, which isn't the case for stats in more d20 games. I can't think of a roll high d20 game where every stat...

I vastly prefer roll under, but I'll admit it can be harder to wing mods and whatnot. I like that roll under systems, in a d20 environment anyway, account for every stat increase, nit just the ones identified in the class progression. So any stat upgrade is good, not just whatever gets you the...

Everyone should own this. It's useful in very different ways for different games, but it's always useful. I give it an unexpected three thumbs up.

I can see some friction between playing to find out with one group and needing that to stand as established for all the others. I mean I'm sure it can be done, but you'd have to navigate that somehow.

I would suggest that part of the point is to highlight awesome work done in RPGs in the last year in order to encourage people to go find out about them. Unless your suggesting that a reasonable person can't form an opinion through a little research? I own 7 of the games that have products up...

The GM should provide a reasonable amount of the information needed to make a good plan and certainly shouldn't hold things back 'because'. Being free with information is always better than being chary with it. That's not to say that the players should be handed everything, obviously not, but...

You don't stock Shadowdark? Madness! :p

Remember to vote, folks. Democracy needs you.

Get the java in you man! We're talking about RPGs here, this is serious business.

Boop beep. I'll take all the DCC things.

My Torchbearer order arrived. However, instead of the GM set I ordered I got a neatly wrapped brick of five 2E Loremaster's Guides. Very strange.

I have the big GMs package for Torchbearer 2 coming. Hopefully that gets here before I go on vacation.

I'm all the way on top of the Shadowdark bandwagon.

I pushed the button on the big GMs set for Torchbearer 2E, the one with the slip case and props and whatnot. I also just got my hands on the hardback for UVG 2E, which is gorgeous.

All the art for the Symbaroum books from Free League is amazing.

Feel better, only mostly dead

Need a story, dead Bard. :(

I'm so in.

I'd probably just call them indie games. That seems to cover most of those small, creative and experimental games. Mostly they aren't my cup of tea, but sometimes there's some gold in the pan. I think they're an important way for people to be creative and express themselves via design in the...