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I like 13th Age but how helpful is a quickstart with no introductory scenario? Even if you could just add in something from a freeRPG day with pregens it seems like it would up the utility quite a bit.

I am amazed when I see regular discussion that 5th edition D&D is too complicated. I'm not saying anyone is wrong - it just blows my mind that the simplest version of D&D since 2E, at least, is still viewed as "complex". It's a good example of just how much of a difference different experiences...

Yes, it's been around about ten years now and is written by the guy who wrote Mutants and Masterminds so it is very solid. It's looser than M&M but it is a lot of fun. My take on it over the last ten years: http://towerofzenopus.blogspot.com/search/label/Icons

Lol - Did you read the article? "Aberrant set itself up as an engine to tell superhero stories different from contemporaries like Champions or Mutants & Masterminds."

First up - M&M wasn't a "contemporary" of Aberrant when it launched in 1999 because it didn't come out until 2002. Brave New World was a contemporary with a fairly divergent setting history and a similar take in some ways but it never seemed to be as popular. Champions was winding down a...

I would heartily disagree - contributor, yes, "third founder", no. Zeb Cook had more influence over D&D during that time than Hickman did and was credited as the author on second edition on top of that.

"The impossibility of Point of Light settings" Cites historical research. Ignores fact that magic spells and abilities and items are not real. Ignores fact that fantasy races do not exist. Ignores fact that most fantasy RPG monsters do not exist. Ignores fact that fantasy deities, typically...

I see a lot of other conversation happening but this ... this is infuriating : "We created this business." No. No you didn't. In fact none of the people running this new TSR have created much of anything. On top of being clueless and everything else you've managed to demonstrate this past week...

In a game that's supposed to be about interesting choices "forcing the player to consider a range of options" is a feature, not a bug. I mean ... because it's what that monster or NPC would do? How is it "slowing the game down" if you've chosen to use it in your campaign?

Well usually the goal is to play through something like what you would see in a comic book run, a superhero movie, or -and probably the best example - something you would see in an episode of "Justice League". It's not about loot. It's not about powering up with items you find. It's about doing...

<Managed to mess that up nicely>

It's been interesting to read everyone's thoughts on the various Marvel systems and some of the things that had me fired up have been addressed already but there were a couple of points I wanted to make: Matt Forbeck has worked on a ton of games so I am 100% sure he's not going to see this as a...

"0 created 0 backed" - Sure. Additionally with PDFs of the 3 original AD&D books easily and inexpensively available - not to mention the numerous other OSR takes on this - you'd better be bringing something new and interesting to the table.

Yeah it's HeroLab if you're looking for PF1 character builders but there is ten years worth of material to gather and it's done per-book, or in bundles of books so it is ... not free. For managing an in-person game Combat Manager is a lifesaver and it's free but it doesn't cover building...

That does seem like an odd choice - first movie + comics only? Ignoring the other 5 movies - of admittedly varying quality - does feel limiting. Secondary note - I've been a huge fan since the first movie but I've never really felt like it was crying out for its own RPG. It always felt more...

"... and the Artificer through a tantrum ..." "The artificer began complaining that he wasn't as powerful as everybody ..." "This morning, he spent half an hour shouting at me ..." Why is this person still in your game? The fact that he's your twin doesn't excuse this kind of behavior. "We are...

Yes ... none of which changes my point. Launching this game -now- as a 5E adaptation would be better in every way than as a Cypher game. Also - so they've been working on this for over 6 years? That seems like a ridiculously long time to convert an existing game and setting to a different...

Mixed feelings here. I loved Arcana Unearthed and Arcana Evolved in their original forms and still have my copies so I'm glad to see the setting getting some attention. BUT They were D&D settings - twists on D&D standards and assumptions. Given that, AND 5E's popularity, AND Monte's Kickstarter...

The most recent appearance of Icewind Dale prior to this is in Storm King's Thunder where one of the early chapters involves PC's helping one of the towns out during an attack by frost giants, and I believe some of the same NPCs show up in both adventures, so it's not quite as neglected as it...

T2K was a great game and I played in a campaign that ran for years from Poland, across Europe, back to America and covered much of the published material and homebrew too. That said it was very gritty - this is a post-apocalyptic setting with a lot of military hardware floating around and no...