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For the money the Essentials Kit is a good buy-it has plenty of eye-candy with the cards and map and extra dice set, and character generation is a plus for some. The real meat is the adventure. However, the adventure is lackluster, and while most complete newcomer adventures have many elements...

You might want to roll the two threads together Russ since there is already some discussion going on about this article.

This is where I think 13th Age really did a fantastic job. Set a level cap of 10. 3 "tiers" (ala 4E), and pack a significant but manageable power jump as you get into each tier. Keeps players and GMs interested through all 10 levels and the high level play does not get out of hand because the...

Not sure if you saw my post above- but there are several takes on Icons/Icon rolls and their usage outside the core rulebook (pick up the GM book!) Like Dungeon World and Fronts, I think most new to the 13A system have a tough time wrapping their head around the core book's presentation as a...

I haven't played it (yet), either. But digging into the rules in the PF2SRD I would say not very backward compatible**. There are lots of new terms, the math is completely different, many familiar terms/procedures work in new ways/with new mechanics, etc. I wouldn't want to convert anything- too...

The system has remained mainly unchanged since 2nd edition through 6th. They are more like "printings"- Some rules may been tightened up or some supplemental things added into the core book- more monsters, a new skill or three , a short story, more GM advice, more adventures, etc. But if you...

Just some quotes relative to the discussion "...whether sustaining accumulative hits will otherwise affect a character is left to the discretion of the referee"- Gary Gygax-Men & Magic (OD&D Volume 1) "This melee system also hinges on the number of hit points assigned to characters. As I have...

*disclaimer- I hate D&D cyclic initiative with a passion, and prescribe to either NO initiative (ala DW) or d6 for each side, high roll wins, roll each round for Old School gaming. The best cyclic initiative , IME, is the one from FFG star wars, where the characters roll, and lock in slots for...

The design sidebars are great. Often R&J switched their views after consideration and playtesting. In addition, people who now are heavy involved in 13A, like Ash Law, Cal, Wade , and Gareth , also have their own design philosophies including their own views on things like Icon mechanics. The...

For the first two years I did not use Icons at all and the game runs fine without them. Then I introduced a few. Lich King Rocks. My last session was in GH, and I used GH people/power groups..Rangers of the Gnarley Forest , Circle of Eight, Scarlet Brotherhood, etc. Icon Rolls are tricky-...

^ This. I also run same-same.

Pretty sure WOTC has already taken care of this- They reprinted 1st, 2nd, and 3.5 rules and some supplements and adventures. They also coughbutcheredcough , err...reprinted the LBBs. They have made all editions (EXCEPT for Holmes, wtf?) available on Drive Thru as PDFs including all the...

I cannot say I've heard of 90% of these games, let alone have any anticipation for anything in 2020. I am guessing TOR2 would have been it (and sweeped the category). :Sad Realization: At this point in my life I have way more games/material than opportunity/time will ever allow to run it all

Since I look at Hit Points as almost entirely endurance and luck and not so much chunks of meat, I don't have much issue with it in 5e, 4e, and 13A. I do prefer 13A's term "recovery" vs. " healing". IDK why Gary ever went down the route of "hit points are not really wounds" and then named all...

I'd like to see a Psion that is unique and has it's own rules/mechanics, and is not a subclass option or just a re-skinned Vancian wizard. So I voted Psion. otherwise, neither.

And in place of what it has shed, 13A has added plenty of new/innovative and easy to apply mechanics & ideas to bring the game forward in to the 21st Century instead of going backwards -cough ;) It's my preferred/fave version of non-T/OSR D&D. I do hope that Pelgrane follows the Troll Lord...

Gabor Lux had pretty much completed the whole thing in 3.5 about 15 years ago, then it got shelved when Necro lost the JG license. So in a way that is true, but typically they are heavy supporters of Paizo and having available the new/shiney on release day. My understanding this is mostly...

1) I have learned to become a fan of the PC's. I was never antagonistic, even as a kid in the 70s, but I was far more the Referee/Judge back then. 2) I improv more and prep less (if possible). 3) I'm much more open to player's helping to build the world/setting (though I establish themes and a...

I was surprised the other day to see Tegel Manor is for what FGG are calling "Classic" Pathfinder. I thought about picking it up in PF2 to run a session or three and then I could just convert on fly to my normal systems of choice afterwards. I'd just pick it up in S&W now.

Ok. Understood. Ignore my advice :)