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i will say that the only thing I'd allow in my S&W game other than dice is chits. If they didn't have it in 1974 then its got no place!

One of the players, not always the same one, writes an adventure log each session as they go though it. Then each week we re-read last week's entry to refresh memories. I don't add in what they missed or foolishly didn't record since the writer apparently didn't think it was important. Its...

Honestly that is the first thing I thought. I have had friends assume we dress up and put on elf ears when playing D&D since it seems they see that a lot when they come across some random article or picture of D&D players.

I have a player that probably averages 6 on his D20 rolls over the past 18 years. All kinds of different dice, my dice, his dice, anyone's dice. He is just cursed by the gods.

I mostly use old school plastic dice that are closing in on being round. I grabbed some new ones at GaryCon but they are too pristine for my tastes at this point. Being in that massive dice bag is wearing them a bit though. I wish I had my old Red Box D20. It would probably be a hammer of...

so last night they were trying to haul some treasure out of Rappan Athuck, well an adjacent dungeon that connects to it. So they are heading out and they run into a random encounter, giant poisonous warrior ants. They have a 1d6 bite and a poison. 2d6 on a fail and 1d4 on a success. Well the...

Sure. Personally I use morale mechanics in my games, 5e included, so as the fight goes more and more against said goblins the more morale checks they are making and the more likely it is they break and run.

Yeah, they went in though the main entrance first. Well that party died via TPK later on, after a few early deaths. But they did it out in the graveyard outside via a bunch of ghouls. The new party went in via the mouth of doom. They are mostly done with level 2 at this point with only 3-4...

I buy miniatures but unless I switch to a new edition I don't see any new book purchases on the horizon. Maybe more adventures down the line once they are finally defeated by Rappan Athuck but even then I'll probably run some classic D&D stuff. Swords and Wizardry core + Tome of Horrors is a...

It seems that this idea of a combat should end at this cinematic point is fire for some games, but games were management of resources is an issue I can't see it being useful. Losing those 4 hp on that last goblin attack may seem meaningless, but those may be the HP that forces the party to...

Yeah not a fan of the expendable familiar idea. I liked them a lot more in older editions where you were bound to that beast, got advantage but if it dies its not pleasant.

I always tell my players who want to put a AOE spell in the middle of a rolling combat that imagine the rest of us are in a big fist fight and you have the great idea to start chucking grenades into the middle of that hoping to just get the bad guys. I despise grid counting and all that nonsense.

My S&W game fires back up tonight so the chance for kills is high. Fairly of course, I'm an impartial referee. But I only allow myself a shot if I get a kill so hopefully my dice are as thirsty as I am. I know I can count of several moments of reckless foolishness from my group to help my...

We always mark north on the maps. Easier that way.

Exactly. As a referee I’m just reacting to what the players are doing based on the environment I’ve presented to them. Stab the guy with the riddle instead of parlay? Either way is fine with me.

I just tell them to roll up a new L3 PC in my current campaign and figure out how to slot that PC in. If they can afford to raise that one then its up to the party to get them back somwhere there is a sufficiently high level cleric, though they lose CON permanently. You never come back whole...

Whatever they put out I'm sure I'll catch it when it hits the net. There is zero chance of it ever resembling a game of D&D I've played so it will just be another fantasy flick with D&D IP, so hopefully its got cool effects.

Unless the movie has the leads loot a dead comrade then use his body to wedge open a door its just another generic fantasy flick to me.

When I pick up my wargaming magazines each month I always lament there isn't a print RPG mag to throw my money at. the UK has at least 3 major wargaming mags but no RPG mags out there? So I always leave the store a sad Flexor. 18/100 STR can't help with that. :(

Not really. When I ran OotA they had three encounters with Demon Lords. 1. Grazzt - the party was 7th level ish at the time I believe. Party of 6. They nearly fought him to a standstill. He was down to less than 100 HP before they fled though a portal to escape. He was MAX HP ad all...