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I applied more errata. Fixing up settlement symbols because of the lack of clarity in the original scan. Also restored the missing i in White Fanged Bay. Finally I sorted out the issue with the mountain and forest fills in the SVG file. They are now present.

Final version is here Blog post about the details here

Yes overestimation is a thing, but also those who done very well, and those who done somewhat well. Another thing not considered in this exchange that with the present state of the market and technology small niches can be efficiently served at a profit by folks. What considered bad for general...

As one of the smaller independent, Bat in the Attic Games, I think the focus on what companies is only partially relevant. Barriers for an independent to do their own thing have dropped so low that everybody is on a even playing field. There are exceptions in areas that involve physical parts...

It not a valid assumption that inability to learn game mechanics and continually exhibiting poor play a result of disruptive or antisocial behavior. That is a simplistic thesis. Reality is more nuanced and each situation is unique. I encountered and had in my campaigns many players who are not...

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I think most get the difference between a players doing foolish things and roleplaying as a character doing foolish things. Why? Because in most cases when somebody takes the effort to act as a character has a difference personality it becomes quickly obvious what is happening. It has the same...

I use random chance and tables quite a bit to minimize my bias as to whether there something like a trap is there or not. It not from a love of random tables, it reflect the fact that I prior the session or campaign. I decided that a list of things could happen in a common circumstance and these...

If you are going to do it, do it well. I am known from my Bat in the Attic blog for talking about sandbox campaigns. What people may not know about me that in the 1990s and early 2000s I ran dozens of LARP events (NERO boffer LARP) and a LARP chapter. While immersive, the live action components...

You missed one, that Gygax, and the TSR Staff were hit by the 70s equivalent of SPAM both US Mail and Telephone. So in addition to the problem of the volume of feedback, they had the additional issue that they were gamers. A lot of people were telling them things about how they used D&D that...

That not accurate. If you read Playing at the World and read the anecdotes from folks back in the day, Gygax created D&D with some help from Dave Arneson. However Dave Arneson by all accounts invented tabletop roleplaying. Not just the general idea but the practical nuts and bolts of how to do...

Appreciate it, hope it useful in some small way. I think is it well written and well considered and it like other similar well written and well written posts misses what I consider to be an important point. So first off, I am well aware that my views on the nature of tabletop RPGs not shared...

I create a place, a situation, and some characters. I show it to some friends and other hobbyist I ask "Is this someplace interesting you would like to adventure in?" If yes then we proceed on what kind of character they would like to play. If no, I show them something I have. When it comes to...

From my post I find fully fleshing out an area the size of my Blackmarsh setting (a letter sized map) takes The smaller the area or the fewer the personal interconnections the less time it takes. The work increases by the square of the size of the map or number of personal interconnections. A...

Sure and I understand where you coming from. Circa 1990 I would agree. Then I played a LARP for a decade and observed what people did when confronted with similar situation. Granted LARPS are no simulation of how it would play out in D&D. It impact was that it opened my eyes to the...

::) It actually a shortened form of my LARP's character name Endless Star a paladin type I played in NERO LARP. My forum picture is me dressed as Endless Star. Was on the internet pretty early and thus was able to use estar as my username pretty much everywhere. But those days are gone and...

I will say this about general issue of x-cards, social contracts, and small groups dynamics. If these techniques work great! It better to be proactive than not. If this whole issue of doing what right is an interest or concern. Then I recommend taking a leadership course or reading some books on...

Unlike you I don't assume. I don't know all the variations of fair play different cultures have. I know enough that they are not the same. So I qualified my answer. You don't know me well enough to have an opinion on what my views on western civilization are. I will say this, every person on...

I view the part I highlighted in bold as a misconception. My advice is to work out how to roleplay the character from first principles every time it comes up. The character's personality. motivations, and goals are what they are but how the character acts on them at that moment in the campaign...

My counterpoint that it is not something RPGs need to address. You need to address it and tailor your approach to the group of folks you are gaming with. That you will need to address this issue whether the group decides to play a RPG, a boardgame, a wargame, a card game, go to a LARP event...