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I'm sad it's not a proper sequel to Tales from the Infinite Staircase, because we can always use more Planescape stuff. However, I was also a fan of Yawning Portal and Saltmarsh, so I'll happily pick this one up.

That was a nice, lengthy and detailed interview. Also quite impressed with Matthew Sprange's candour! I would love to see more interviews like this with other major players, e.g. Charles Ryan from Monte Cook Games or Wolfgang Baur from Kobold Press.

I'm still hurting from the cancellation of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. Congrats to Crossfire/Dragonfire fans, but I need to do some soul searching to decide if I could ever love another Pathfinder card game.

I think the key point is that it's "not for everyone". Having a highly improvisational style of DMing is something that every DM has to decide on for themselves: whether they are comfortable doing it and whether they feel they are making a better game by doing so. I actually blame Mike Shea...

That would be a really cool idea, even if I doubt they'd do it. I'd love a big 'Director's Cut' edition of 3e; bring back Johnathan Tweet, Skip Williams, and Monte Cooke to discuss the behind-the-scenes stories and the rationale behind some of the rules. Even the much maligned 4th edition--I'm...

Thanks, I hadn't seen the other thread! Agreed, Tales had a lot of interesting ideas, but it was also pretty bare bones. I can see reusing the story frame (infinite staircase), but I can't see Tales being the main adventures in the anthology.

While I'm starting to sour on the anthology format, I just finished running Monte Cook's original Tales from the Infinite Staircase so I'm pretty excited to see an at least spiritual successor. Also, this confirms that Wizards isn't done with Planescape yet, which is very good in my mind.

It's been heavily hinted that the release date for BG3 for Xbox will be announced on December 7th during the Game awards, assuming they don't just stealth release it then. So almost there!

I was hoping to see Invisible Sun on the list this week and I'm pleased to see it here!

Great write up! I've never know where to start with Mystara, but this is enough to convince me to grab a copy of Calidar Series 1 and maybe that boxset about the Voyage of the Princess Ark.

Sorry, it was in Tales from the Infinite Staircase, not the Great Modron March. True Slaadi are completely variable. Any number of arms, big or small, any colour or many colours. And none of the normal 'slaadi' physiology or appearance. And yes, the Slaad lords are apparently the same, since...

I kinda hate that they made that canon in 5e, I liked the traditional Planescape ambituity of maybe it was Primus, maybe it was something else better. More room to expand on, or more mysterious if you're not going to touch it. I don't know if there's been much on the Slaad since the Great...

That's fair, but a lot more work to do. I'll take this work for what it is, a snapshot of how well certain companies have done on Kickstarter, which was the only player for a few years and still the majority player for crowdfunding. Backerkit is definitely winning a lot of creators over as...

The Outlands are infinite, but only the area on the Outlands map is explored. As you get further rimward, you run into more ruins of unknown provenance and very few have returned from there. I think later editions tied that into the Far Realms? Regarding close to the spire: Tales from the...

I don't think you're wrong at all. The boxed sets don't go beyond Sigil and the gate towns at least, with the occasional visits in adventures. The only good reference I've read was On Hallowed Grounds, which describes the domains of deities that reside in the Outlands. E.g. The House of...

I doubt Gloomhaven will be anywhere as big as D&D or Pathfinder, but almost nothing is. Even if it's not a sustainable product line, it should be an interesting one-off product. I agree the card based system will make it harder to do on a VTT, but it's the part of Gloomhaven I find the most...

Yes, the original crowd funding project basically led to the development of three related games: Stealing Stories for the Devil Who the Devil are You? The Devil's Dandy Dogs (forthcoming) The mechanics are identical, there's even a disclaimer in Who the Devil are You that you can skip that...

As a counter point, neither Tales from the Infinite Portal nor the Great Modron March have much of anything to do with Sigil, besides as a place to hear a rumour or talk with a quest giver. More than half of Dead Gods takes place outside of Sigil as well. I'm not familiar with the other...

Fair enough! I didn't find it particularly well explained in BitD, so perhaps I didn't really notice in comparison.

If it's anything like Blades in the Dark (and it smells a lot like Blades in the Dark...) that's all free form and up to the players and DMs. DM: Okay, the guard dogs see you when you walk into the courtyard and immediately spring up to attack. Player 1: My charming rogue will use cunning to...