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That's why it's Iron DM and not Marshmallow DM. :p

In this space age of technology I might also use a shared whiteboard to stand in for that stained and much-erased re-markable Chessex battlemat everyone used in the 90's.

I remain pretty relentlessy non-VTT. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either and with a lot of games I think it can take away more than it adds.

I think it's more chewy than crunchy. :p

I don't think we've been shorted on the crunch side, nor that there's really a big pendulum to swing. High crunch systems are a LOT of work to design and write and I think that at least to some degree the prevalance of lighter systems reflects the changing complexion of who writes RPGs and how...

Goodness yes. I was thinking about starting with the current one. :) A retrospective would be cool though, and could just include the authors who can be found. One competition seemed like a decent amount of content for a zine. Seven short adventures, each with the judge's and author's...

These entries should be collected, cleaned up, and published as a zine for each Iron DM. I think that would a fun zine to both make and read. It could include some of the judging commentary and stuff.

I use that same formatting in my published adventures for room and NPC descriptions. I do like how scannable it is without scattering too many bolded terms through a paragraph, and and also to keep other formatting like bullet points down to a dull roar.

I find the judgement fair and honest. Sometimes things don't occur to you until afterward, and double when some of the concepts (ingredients) are tough. I think to use image of success a lot better I would have used it as a visual timer of the ritual for the players (as well as the dream). As...

This is offically on my to-do list, by which I mean convert it to SD.

OK, anyone who writes a spell called Become Delicious can just take my damned money already.

There's a very nice SD conversion of Dolmenwood on the Arcane Library Discord. Give it a look.

I've been kvetching about trying to keep up with the blogs I like anyway, so this topic is seredipitous. Coins and Scrolls is an awsome blog. As is Cannibal Halfling.

Man, now I want an RSS reader. Which one are you using and would you recommend it?

Wonderful!

I'm hoping they are something like the one's from Into the Odd, which are marvelous.

I'm not concerned, but the canny critique is a big part of the Iron DM process.

Is my submission going to get judged? The feedback is always a fun part of the process.

In the VTT specific character icons usually carry the torch that illuminates the map and there are lotrs of situations where this can make things tedious. If the GM is using always on initiative and the player at the top of the order isn't carrying the torch, for example.

The 1980's called and asked if you'd be interested in some graph paper and a chewed, yellow HB pencil.