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RPG's, D&D specifically, grew out from miniature war gaming. Niche hobby dominated by men in 60's and 70s. They targeted same majority demographic that played miniature war games. Yes, they made educated guess at what would their prime consumer base would be and went all in. And, as i said...

Let's ask ourself the big question. Who was primary and overwhelming majority of customers that bought these products? And what usually sells products among those demographics? Answer to that questions is one of the reasons why artwork back then was the way it was. To put it plain and simple...

It was, is and always will be sexist, as long as there are people involved. Some people are just aholes, some just like to behave like ones in the games. While products can improve and are improving, there will always be tables with players/DMs that are naughty word. No helping there. Best thing you...

I killed characters in abundance. But i give fair warning at session zero that my games are grim, gritty and more lethal than usual. But in most cases, if players are smart, they can avoid combat all together or sound tactical retreat (for that one, they do need to plan ahead, but there is...

Combat where life or serious body harm is not on the line is- sport. At least for me. TTRPG-s are tools. Systems of various mechanics used to mostly resolve conflict in more or less unbiased way. You can use those rules to recreate fiction or you can use them to recreate worlds. FE as a DM i...

Well, at least in any game i played that involves rolls to hit and damage in combat. Like i said, if they like that, good for them. :D (sidenote, i don't really like Soulsborne games). But in souls games, you die. A lot. You just don't die permanently. It's not game over- load last save. You...

Well, i started with 3.5, when 4th came out, we stayed for some time, then switched to PF1. There was period of about 2 years where we ditched D&D and played only 7th sea, after that about year and a half of only WoD. When Next playtest came, we switched our relativley new 2ed ad&d campaign to...

Sure you can. If you like it, go for it. One of the easiest ways to do it is to give players control if they even want to engage in a fight ( no ambushes) and give only opponents that are reasonable enough and don't have kill on sight mentality (for example, pack of hungry predator animals...

Cause people hate talking to machine and want to talk to living person. Even if you can't deviate from the script when it comes to problem solving, at least you know there is person on the other side. If other person is normal and you have some people skills, even if you can't solve problem, you...

Yes, you could have rules like that. But then combat becomes trivial thing. You know your character can't die unless you choose to. But without risk of PC death, you can be more gung ho and trigger happy cause you know, no matter what, even if you lose combat, you live to fight another day. For...

Oh boy. Rant incoming. I worked in retail and as customer support agent for largest ISP/telecom in my country. I've done 6 month tour in Afghanistan. If i had to pick one, send me to sandbox, at least i can shoot back. During HS and some University years, i worked in largest retail chain in...

I would go with Hunter:The Vigil. Or just plain old WoD core rulebook (2004 White Wolf edition). We played long, Supernatural inspired campaign using it and it was blast. If you want hunters to be more normal people stuck hunting monsters, core WoD and Tier 3 Hunters are way to go ( regular...

Unlike PCs in games, literary characters have special feature called- Plot Armor. It's hard to make series and sell sequel books if you kill of protagonists ( there are some exceptions, like ASOIF, but i would argue that there aren't any protagonists in it in classical sense). Also, in fiction...

First and foremost, it's hanging out in person with my friends. For those 3-4 hours, we unwind and act as kids again, playing the game, spewing cheesy one liners and bad puns. It recharges batteries. Also, it's therapeutic on some level to get away from being responsible grown adult and just...

I found out that somewhere along, i stopped caring about what goes on in ttrpg industry and hobby in broader sense, and talking to fellow gamers i know irl, most of them are same way. People have their regular groups, they have their favorite games, they play them, they enjoy them and that's...

If he want's to buy it, and fork over ridiculous amounts of money, go Elon go. His Tesla shenanigans payed me enoguh for complete house renovation. Since i dropped few grand on Hasbro stock, if i get to sell them at 2x or 3x, i'll make toast to Elon with bottle of Pappy. As I said numerous...

As a youngster in this thread ( i'm only 37) but i see some of the problems slowly creeping in. Also, i'm youngest in my regular group, rest of the guys are in their early to mid 40s. We joke around that if you combine 5 of us, you can't put together one fully healthy person. When i did my...

Most of my collection is in PDF on external ssd drive. These days, i hardly buy anything physical when it comes to ttrpgs. I do own some books, but they sit on the bookshelf and aren't used in games. It's faster to pull out phone and google rule than to find one in 300+ book. On the other...

WoD, CoC, 10 candles, for more survival horror- All flesh must be eaten. D&D in Ravenloft can be good if done right. From personal experience, how good horror is relies heavily on GMs skill.

From player perspective, in 5e, after levels 3-4, i stop counting gold pieces, let alone petty change ( silver and copper). Electrum is fun for games set in classical era (Greece/Rome). In standard fantasy, nah. Personally, can't remember any of us used silver coins for anything in game. In...