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My group rarely (almost never) purchases any gaming books. I've been known to purchase extra copies for the table to use. And minis, maps, pens, initiative trackers, tokens, character sheets. They bring snacks.

Just my opinion, not as a professional layout artist, but as a general reader of RPG books. The text is black on a white background. The very stark brightness of the background leads to eye strain (for me). It looks like the text was laid out using Microsoft Word. There are few vision cues...

Yep. Part of my lack of enthusiasm is due to my past 4e experience. I don't have a group motivated to learn tactical play. Honestly, I don't know if I even have the mental focus to do it. I have to say that the presentation of 4e's rules seemed better and more streamlined than Draw Steel.

Yes. When I'm the GM, trying to understand basic rules of the game, including pacing and resources. And usually having to explain how the game works for 4-6 other players who don't own the rules.

Strangly, that's one of the things that causing my hangup in Draw Steel. The asymmetric class design that has different ways to accumulate powers, different ways to recharge them, etc, it's an added level of complexity I don't like in a game that seems pretty cumbersome.

IME, the pros for PF2: More content for players and GMs Archives of Nethys is accessible Great implementation on Foundry (we have no idea what Draw Steel will have) More similarities to 5E (similar mechanics, terminology, etc) I've only skimmed the DS PDFs, but I haven't seen anything that...

It's gotta be D&D 5E. I've tried suggesting "quicker" systems (like Shadowdark) but these folks want the name brand.

In a couple weeks I am running a game for a few casual players who stop by every few months to have dinner, drink, and kinda pay attention to a game that usually lasts less than 2 hours. Almost every time, I over prepare and worry too much. I want folks to have a good time, but there's no...

But we can all see that Draw Steel isn't ready for sale at GenCon. The deadline for reserving an expensive single booth was so long ago, that it's possible MCDM didn't know if they'd even have finalized PDFs (which just dropped in the past week.) If Matt Colville had been there, I guess he...

I've tried to read the PDFs several times. I just can't do it. I need a Knights of Last Call video series or something.

I'm glad that I got mine before the first print run ran out and the hype got overwhelming. I have GMed it twice and I'm looking at starting a campaign. One of the best new systems I've discovered in years.

@dave2008 Which means you bought it. And it's not free to use. Which means you have to be a Master Tier subscriber to add any content. So let's say that I purchased Curse of Strahd and want to run the game on Maps (and I'm not a Master Tier subscriber). If there's a scene that involves a...

The map software is "free" if you've already purchased the adventure on DND Beyond. Otherwise, you have to be a Master-tier subscriber to even add your own homebrew maps. Not a win, in my book.

I've ended my Rage with the 2024 rules. Recently got all three books from my LGS (using store credit). :)

I have a Sanderson superfan at my table. I've read 1.25 of his books. This is why I rarely run RPGs set in established IPs (which includes big campaign settings). They seem more shackles to creativity than inspiration.

Ok. A little more looking ... The ToC is "wrong" because the PDF page count includes the preface pages (numbered i, ii, iii, etc.) which throws off the entire ToC if you're using the PDF page numbers. And nothing is linked. So it's kind of a mess. The book structure is also strange. You have a...

They didn't work for me. And from my initial scans, the table of contents was incorrect (in the Players Book).

That certainly puts a ... dhampir on it.

I've been so busy today, I haven't had much of a chance to look at the PDFs (besides scanning the layout and art). I'll do that this weekend.

It looks like the three core books (and accessories) are $120 - which makes it cheaper than Starfinder 2, Pathfinder 2, or even D&D 5.24. Just curious why you would find that especially expensive, compared to other games? (Granted, I was just writing about this in another thread: What's Your...