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Well, then you're probably really better off just playing something else. Though you can hardly fault the publishers: They are pretty upfront about DCC beign a) a big book, b) full of spell, crit und fumble tables and c) using funky dice. I know how it is to think that I will like something only...

TBH, I never read the scenario in the corebook ... it's always the covers that draw me to DCC adventures, and since that adventure doesn't have one, I skipped it.:oops:

I think my default mode is too deeply ingrained ... I just feel bad about all the dying and think that the characters should probably feel the same way. The good thing is, I still enjoy the rest of DCC for it's weirdness; the settings and NPCs are usually wonderful, and there's a real sense of...

Talking about funnels where it makes sense that the characters have to see them through, whatever the cost - does anyone know published ones? I really only know Sailors on the Starless Seas and Danger from the Air, and those are both examples of: "Actually, on the first death, at least some of...

I totally agree - I just feel that some very good reason must exist for the characters to toughen up and see it through (usually that they don't have a choice); going into a dungeon and just shrugging of dozens of deaths to search for more treasure makes the whole thing too abstract for me, I...

I'm not sure, I'm not that deep into the system ... I've always played it as written, never found it brillant, though it has a few very cool ideas (like the deed die). I guess it's an okay version of D&D. But if you don't like the dice, maybe you're better off adapting the DCC material you want...

I don't think so - sure, the funnel is a big part of their sales pitch, but it's usually just one or two sessions out of a whole campaign. I've been playing in a DCC campaign for more than a year, we reached 5th/6th level. I went into that campaign with a whoppin 3 characters left over from the...

I'm kind of a fan of DCC (mostly for the art and the adventure design, less for the rules, TBH), but I must confess that I too, still, struggle with funnels. It's not that I have a problem with my characters dying; I'm usually the first one to throw even an experienced character under the bus...

That's exactly why I think that the 5e monoculture is often bad for creativity and diversity. I suspect that a lot of creators try to make their scenarios/settings hew to 5e because they hope it will lead to more sales, when their ideas might be better suited to other systems. A lot of the 5e...

This was just as an example for IPs that might be served better by other systems. For a non-claimed IP, let's take Harry Potter: An RPG couldn't use classes very well, since everyone is a wizard (though types modeled in the novels might work - the Bookish, the Talent, the Fool, the Bruiser, the...

Well, I'm just a little bit angry that the takeaway from his essay seems to be: "If you're playing anything but D&D, you're not just irrelevant, you're hurting the RPG community; and RPGs as a whole will get less interesting, creative and diverse without D&D dominance." Most of the things that...

Okay, makes a lot of sense as well ... to be honest, C7's upcoming 5e-based system is the one that actually has me interested because of all the good things I've heard about Adventures in Middle-Earth, and because it seems that C7 has done a lot of interesting and creative stuff with 5e that...

Okay, I admit that I understand that ... it's just that I don't like the idea of "why can't everything just run on D&D?", because I am usually not comfortable with it. That being sad, I'm extremely happy that C7 (and now Free League) are supporting both versions of the game alongside each other...

I don'rt know ... there are pretty solid (and comercially succesful) RPG takes on Dune, Blade Runner, Star Trek and Alien out there, there was a very thematic (now defunct) Game of Thrones RPG - I couldn't see any of these working without at the very least getting rid of levels in their current...

Wow, I must confess that this article makes me a bit angry. It comes across as if role-playing was all about D&D5 and its community; commercially, that may be close to the truth, but my perspective on my hobby is not a commercial one, and my definition of a "Golden Age" is not dependant on how...