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My two regular groups - one playing CoC 7e, the other playing Savage Worlds - have campaigns that will hopefully go on for quite a while, so there's not need for a full system switch. However, we have talked about taking a short break in the Savage Worlds group, and my current plan is to run...

I think my process is pretty similar for RPGs and board games - I read the instructions cover to cover (re-reading sections as necessary) until I feel I understand enough to at least get started. Then I explain the basics to the rest of the players (most of the time: the family). And from then...

I have Prime Video, but that's more of a side effect of having Prime for shipping - the Secret Level stuff is the first thing I watched in quite a while. Currently, I also have Netflix - subscribed there for Godzilla Minus One last summer and stayed because of the Tomb Raider series. I will...

My impression is that open play tests are often a means of marketing rather than the design. I do think that you can get value out of them, too, but that's mostly in the later stages when you want to iron out the last kinks in your design. If you need general feedback on your design in earlier...

Most people I play with regularly are 40+, but none of us is old enough to retire. If we're looking at education, then I think many have university degrees (typically master's degree, two of us have PhDs) and the rest did vocational training.

Agreed. My default assumption is that my character is competent in the things associated with the archetype - e.g. I expect a barbarian to be good at fighting and strength-related feats, a ranger to be good at tracking, hunting and archery, etc. I'm fine if there's a bit of a ramp up phase -...

I like the Vintage RPG Podcast (I don't listen to every episode, but that's mostly because my RPG podcast consumption is generally down from past years). And while the name might suggest otherwise, they don't restrict themselves to old games. I'm also a long-time fan of Stay Forever, which has...

Same impression here. We're not using the specific pulp talents, but having characters that are a bit more robust is a plus (we still got pretty close to dying a couple of times :) ). The things I specifically like about 7e are the Luck mechanic, and the bonus and penalty dice. In theory, I...

Thinking of the last time, one of my groups changed systems, this happened when we had wrapped up our 5e campaign. The campaign was great, but none of us had much enthusiasm for the system left - I guess that might count as frustration, but I think it was really only half of us that were...

It's a little tricky to answer (so I went for the last option): my account on Twitter/X still exists and every once in a while I go there (mostly when I follow a link), but even though my personal experience was not so bad (I had a curated feed and liberally used mute), the main reason to be...

Yes, Delta Green is BRP-based. CoC 7e, however, still has critical success on a 01 and critical failures on 96-100 or 100, depending on your skill value (it also has Hard Success on rolling below half your skill value and Extreme Success on rolling below a fifth of your skill value.). Side...

Rather randomly I was reminded of this topic today when I came across a Middle Earth-related song, because I realized that maybe I forgot a few things that have changed with age when I wrote my last post: As a general tendency, I have noticed that my ability/willingness for suspension of...

Competition is one reason, but I think the game also suffers from its bumpy development process. At least for me personally, it's something that I still look forward to, but it will most probably go to the "to read" pile when it finally arrives, and in terms of excitement, I'm much more curious...

Same here. I like to do risky stuff in RPGs from time to time - sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t. It’s really my own fault for taking the risk, but nevertheless I‘m still a bit mad at those traitorous dice in the latter case 😉

Yeah, that's the one that really surprises me. The quickstart didn't quite click for me, but the crowdfunding was clearly big, so I'm curious what people's experiences will be with the full game.

For anything that requires (only) the standard 7 dice or a subset thereof, I have a bag with opaque black and white Chessex dice (4 sets each, so I can push "bad" dice to the side a couple of times ;)). As others have noticed: readability trumps fancy looks here. Beyond that, I have a set with...

Foundry, though the love is not unconditional and there's many things I would like to see improved. But the combination of a one-time payment for system and modules, the possibility to host it yourself, and the broad adoption among publishers whose games I like (mostly notably Free League, but...

Not yet. Play test files were made available to backers and are continuously updated, but they are not complete yet. It does look like the chance for a release in 2025 is not too bad, though.