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Won't somebody think of the poor Inquisition?

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, GW really want to have their cake and eat it. At a superficial level, the Imperium of Man is and long has been marketed as the cool 'protagonist' faction, with the true depths of its evil mostly buried among various books, and the other factions sometimes...

I have a lot of respect for people who do 3d6 in order, but I feel like rolling is pretty pointless if you're doing 4d6 drop lowest and then putting them wherever you like. In same cases, players are clearly fishing for high stats, and then you have to deal with their overpowered build/puppy dog...

Thanks for the detailed response. The exloration stuff sounds great; I will have to give the game a look when I have time.

OK, this is really interesting, and I see I'm giong to have to read this book. Blacow's model is really striking, because it seems to be more like a taxonomy of 'agendas' (in the Forge sense) than the usual player activity taxonomies. Aside perhaps from the 'we want to win all the time' people...

So you think it was purely a reaction against 4e? That's interesting.

Honestly, the disparity between short and long rest classes is one of those design decisions in 5e that has me scratching my head. There are plenty of things in the game that I might not like, but do understand; but that one seems to serve no purpose other than to create problems. I really...

My memories of 2e are pretty hazy. Do you mean 'trad', follow-the-adventure-path kind of play?

While we're putting the boot into 5e, I want to mention that I've found it very unsuitable for traditional dungeon-delving, map-and-key play, as well. Even at 1st level, PCs have access to insane amounts of utility through cantrips, which makes it very difficult (but not impossible) to provide...

Ooh, this is really interesting. I haven't read A5e yet, but I'd love something I can use to run Dark Sun. Oddly enough, I reached the same conclusion about PF2 vs. 5e for Dark Sun. The keywords system in PF2 in particular makes adapting things much easier. Does A5e have anything like that?

I see where you're coming from, but the thing about 'druid' in D&D (and likewise ranger, bard, paladin, and to some extent cleric, as you pointed out) is that it's basically self-referential. Which is why people struggle so much with the name: the D&D druid's real referent is the D&D druid, but...

How about 'nature priest'? Druids as a class were a mistake.

I agree that using hirelings to do everything for you is boring. But, using your hired muscle and clout to influence local politics, carry your stuff, and maybe check that sketchy looking chest is another matter. And maybe, you know, fight a battle against a force your party couldn't otherwise...

It always puzzles me that many players seem unwilling to leverage 'downtime' advantages into things they can use in play. I mean, gold pays for soldiers! If my character has a small army at their beck and call, you'd better believe I'm going to start throwing my weight around. I guess this goes...

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: The RPG would be quite a wild ride.

So, this is a tangent on a tangent on a tangent, and a whole can of worms as well, but I think you're working with a much narrower definition of 'system' than the original epithet assumed. For example, personally, 'social combat' mechanics are not something I want in my games, but having things...

Yeah, I like this too. Something like the Culture novels, where there are all kinds of civilisations out there, some of which are so far ahead of you that they won't share anything with you, anymore than you'd hand a weapon to a toddler. Plus, somnolent Elder civilisations of vast power that...

Well, either, but I think 'sailing to a new continent' works well for travel to other planets within the same solar system. Which means you probably do want to stay on the same planet, but you can absolutely go on an epic voyage that involves e.g. coasting for months before you complete your...

I second the stargates. Going to the other extreme, space travel that takes a long time.

I am defeated. I also realise that, as a few people have pointed out, 'nobody calls people slobs or elitists' was far too strong a statement re: videogames. I know full well how much snobbery and gatekeeping there can be in gaming subcultures! The important difference, perhaps, is that people...