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One place where game patents are popular are in casino table games. Companies will patent game variants of blackjack and poker to keep other companies from using similar mechanics. Also with slot machines.

I don't think you have to take a magic using class if you won't enjoy it. 5th edition doesn't require that you have them and you should never stop your own enjoyment for party balance. And even then there are many different spell caster classes like bards or sorcerers or warlocks if you don't...

The real issue that all these articles dance around is how everyone is expecting households to have two incomes. This is the cause of the disruption of the social fabric. Without someone at home to manage the house, connect to the community (PTA, churches, social groups, and local...

The group that I'm running only plays twice a month so that helps. 1. I spend about 30 minutes reviewing what happened in the last session and what the players think happened and then decide if they had better ideas that I did. 2. Set a timeline of things that will happen if the players don't...

Some other sources of good Fey stories Fairy Tale by Raymond E. Feist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie_Tale The Fey steal children and in general they don't come back Fairy Tales were often rules about how to avoid offending the Fey and survive them Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale...

As long as the enemies are thinking about why and what they are there for. Goblins might not attack a party that looks like it is full of powerful adventurers but can they tell if the party is powerful? Might it turn into a negotiation instead of an attack? Can they lure travelers into an...

I've been using the Arcknight plastic miniatures for the NPCs/enemies. Players usually buy their own resin figures. http://arcknight.squarespace.com

As a DM, adventuring parties in my world need to be connected to the power structure of the lands they are in. Kingdoms or city states require groups of powerful adventurers (level 5+) to be chartered (with a written agreement) and are required to give aid or service to the nobility at guild...

What if you had a water elemental in a human suit? A human who had been skinned so the water elemental was hiding inside and infiltrating human society?

I hope you've seen this. http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?594662-Tomb-of-Annihilation-Meta-Thread

I prefer to play GURPS or HERO, but I will play any system that looks interesting. This is one reason I like conventions because I can try out a lot of other systems.

I don't see how there is enough information for us to judge how to solve your issue. 1. It's going to depend on your session 0. 2. Does everyone show up all the time or will the numbers equalize as other people have obligations on some game nights? 3. What type of game are you going to run...

I've run RPG games with 8-10, but if that isn't working for you then I can recommend. Tortuga 1667 works well with 9 players; Deadwood 1876 also is good with 9. Mafia de Cuba works with up to 12 The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a great story RPG game for up to 20. I've...

Two early rules light games, Tunnels and Trolls and The Fantasy Trip (SJ Games is bring it back). These are both combat focused which make it easier to keep light. Adding other pillars adds more complexity. Traveller started out pretty rules light and then supplements came.

It really isn't hard in point buy systems to have characters that are more naturally talented but have few skills and then characters with more points in skills. People's preferences for this sort of thing matter. I do notice that characters bought to a certain point value in GURPS or HERO...

I have a big group so we use 3 folding tables. (2 parallel and 1 perpendicular for the GM) We can get 10 or more people around it.

RPG rules also have to mesh with their settings. First edition Paranoia was overly complex and didn't mesh with the expected style of play. Toon has very good rules for the setting because it's designed to be comfortable with imprecise rules. One helpful part of the d20 rules set is the GM can...

In general, having the players steal the giant relics from the barbarian mounds is close to the worse part of this adventure. Harshnag should really only be used to introduce the players to the villain and then let them escape as he dies. Otherwise, he's just an overpowered NPC running with the...

Really it was ChartMaster. Prove me wrong!

They were and are a lot of fun in Rollmaster though. So much fun.