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The key for my high school D&D club was too help the kids learn to DM. I started as one of the DMs, but I just became a rules resource. Letting the kids take over the club led to explosive growth in my school club.

Totally agree with your conclusion. However, I find a lot of reviewers have not even played the stuff they review or "list." I believe you can ascertain whether something is truly bad with a read through. Beyond that, it really does come down to DMs and groups. Defining what makes a good...

I was really intrigued by the idea of modularity for 5e. However, it probably worked out best for WOTC/HasBro that it did not work out that way. Shared play experience and new player introduction would be much harder with a truly modular system.

Curse of Strahd and Lost Mines of Phandelver are going to be 1st and 2nd period. I am not a big fan of CoS, but I recognize I am very much in the tiny minority on that. It is universally loved. LMoP most folks have played and had a good experience with it and so it is going to be 2nd. It...

Let's do the most ridiculous Cloudland! 1984 Grenadier games.

A cousin introduced me to D&D in 1975. Got the three book set and we "played" something we called D&D. I did not fully understand the game until I got the Blue D&D box (Holmes) in 1977. I must have taken my group through B1 In Search of the Unknown a few dozen times. We started going up to the...

I have run almost all of the modules on the list and my judgment/rating of modules reflects the enjoyment my group and I got out of the module. Whether a module deserves to be on the list is always going to boil down to your play experience and style. For example, in reference to newer 5e...

I tend to use waves of monsters. I also use challenging terrain - I have added a lot of vertical spaces to my game lately. The manticore comes out of its cave fires tailspikes from the ledge and then retreats back into the cave. Archers firing from behind a portcullis. Invisible magic-users that...

It depends on your GM. One of the reasons my players are always content to start at 1st level is I always run the campaign into high levels, usually to 20. My players frequently consider what they are going to do at 10th level and beyond.

The key for me in deciding whether to use a new book or not is to ask my players if it is important to them. Some players get really excited by new PC options. Sure you can ban anything you want - I support that - it is your game. However, in my campaign I have a couple of players who really...

It is important to me for a group to bring energy to the table or I get burned out. I have had some groups who have sat back and basically wait for me to give them a show - that gets exhausting in a hurry. I do hope to bring a fun and entertaining session, but not a one man show. I think this...

I will buy almost anything in pdf if it somehow catches my attention. However, I am a lot more picky with physical books - I usually stick to games I am playing right now.

I have been busy with track & field, but I did manage to make these foam dungeon risers. I have been trying to add more vertical surfaces to my encounters. Hopefully these will help get this done. The risers are pictured below with some old school resin Dwarven Forge, but they are actually made...

Admittedly, I do not keep up with developments and tend to buy books as they come out... What is going to have the domain and mass combat rules?

Very well done, indeed! Love it when folks share art here. Thank you.

Man, I am sure I am in the minority on this, but with a couple minor changes I could stick with 5e way past 2024. I was really ready for a new edition after 3.0 and 3.5. We enjoyed the game, but it was time for something new. I'm not new edition resistant, but I'm not sure I'm close to done...

I agree that one of the things holding Sci-Fi RPGs back a bit is the same thing that holds high level D&D back - it's wide open and tougher for some folks to run. There is a sense of endless possibilities than can be hard not to run as "Mother May I." Mostly though it is because D&D is so darn...

Love the terrain and miniatures. The game is not my style, but kudos to him for keeping it rolling. His players clearly enjoy it. I have all of my stuff near the table and I rely on the players to help with set-ups and moving figures. We can put together a scene very quickly as we play. So...

Occasionally, I employ time pressure. It's just one type of adventure I run during a campaign. I would guess every 4th adventure or so has a time pressure.

Mad Max would be an instant buy for me!