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They also call it, somewhat ominously, the final edition...

Very good point. I think a lot of first-time gamers might be a little boggled by the game, especially if their goal is to do Last of Us with it, or really any fast zombies, like in the style of Train to Busan or basically every recent zombie story that isn't The Walking Dead.

Sure, but it's not like you can't stat out a clicker on your own, if you're doing a hack. Year Zero Engine games are simple enough. But I think any setting where you're doing fast zombies would probably mean coming up with different mechanics than what they're doing, since TWD's walkers are old...

Free League hasn't released all of the details about how the game is handling zombies, but what they've shared is interesting. Basically zombies aren't really separate enemies, but more like an environmental hazard, with Threat levels based on how many, the circumstances, etc. Threat goes up...

I agree, but the D&D mind space is also his entire livelihood. Any new MCDM game that's completely different from D&D is going to be a hard sell for his fanbase, which is basically 100 percent D&D players.

This is really interesting framing. Though I haven't played a lot of GMless games, what little Starforged I've managed to play with a friend definitely had elements of this approach, where in some scenes you aren't asking anyone for permission, but just forging ahead with details and on the fly...

Unless you only play one system, it seems like the answer would have to really vary by game, right? For example, Shadowrun 5th ed. has four Mental Attributes: Willpower, Logic, Intuition, and Charisma. Only one more than in D&D, but kind of a lot to keep track of if you're trying to map your...

Shadowdark is digest-size. That's why the word counts are like that.

I think there are still a ton of games and systems out there that people haven't tried. To me that'd be the best-case result of a potential D&D backlash—playing stuff that's new to you, instead of looking for something shiny and untested. It takes a lot of time and development to make a brand...

Candy Land teaches you to wait for your turn. A small thing but a really big thing, too.

Spire: The City Must Fall Doesn't tell you want the game is about, necessarily, but you get that it's in a spire-shaped city, and you want to know more. That spire is the name of a type of structure and also the actual setting is a real bonus.

In a hobby where the dominant game is based on mechanics from a half-century ago, YZE, PbtA and FitD are are still very new, as far as RPG design approaches go. Batting those aside as been-there, done-that seems awful dismissive. And you should know by now that individual games that use those...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/310218/total-kickstarter-funding/ If you buy Statista's numbers (and it's perfectly valid not to) total funding was still rising through the end of 2022, and that includes the massive, traditional slowdown around the holiday season, as well as the...

The Walking Dead RPG launching in March will likely hit $1M

For better or worse, I don't think a serial-numbers-filed-off version of Dark Sun is all that interesting. What made the setting so appealing is how uniquely, specifically weird it is. But I'm biased, since it's the only D&D setting I've liked even a little bit.

C'mon, it's basically never a mystery as to why someone is doing this. You really expect people to do this, on the 5% chance it was an innocent misunderstanding? The point of this thread is to ask about reporting. You don't have to be interested in reporting for the reasons the OP is asking...

I don't want to get overly spicy in a + thread, but the writing in Sorcerer is too conversational for my tastes. It feels like you're getting the rationale and backstory for every single element, and that (to me) self-indulgence and "let me tell you about my campaign" quality veers into parody...

Sorcerer is a game I'm really glad exists. I may not like how it's written, but its Velvet-Underground-like influence is pretty undeniable.

Another whiff here, unfortunately. I'm repeating myself, but I think it's necessary: If someone has read one book, and refuses to read any others, they're not getting invited to any book clubs, no one's asking their opinions on books or writing, and they can be as performatively outraged as they...

And from yet another perspective you didn't read my post and cut straight to playing the victim card. And not even for yourself, possibly, but for those unfortunate put-upon gamers that aren't in this discussion anyway. Stop white-knighting for people who don't need it.