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Wow. That’s certainly a take. It makes a lot of your posts make sense though. Definitely means adding you to the soft ignore list.

I think it’s more toxic. One poster doing a drive-by isn’t that big of a deal compared to page after page of yelling from multiple posters.

The [+] is to keep things positive and prevent the same old, tired arguments about the style of play, genre, and time periods. There are plenty of other threads to hate on games and play styles you don’t like. Also, this isn’t the place to argue about H. P. Lovecraft’s racism. He was a racist...

Definitely recommend Call of Cthulhu. There are lots of great horror-mystery scenarios out there, but they do often involve combat. Nowhere near the amount of combat you'd find in a D&D module...mostly. But after a few sessions of tracking down clues, research at the library, and trips to the...

It shouldn't warrant it, but it would still need it. There are quite a few people who simply cannot abide anything even remotely negative or critical being said about 5E. They always treat anything negative as a user error rather than anything like a fault or flaw with the game. Even when the...

I do hope Billie does it for at least a special. But you could argue it’s a CYA situation. They had to put someone’s face in, and Billie agreed. Watch the end of the last episode again.

Some people can find the comedy is OSR/NSR games. I’m certainly one of them. I don’t mind throwing pawns away just to see what would happen. Especially if I think it’ll be funny.

My wife says a version of this at her work. "Your lack of planning is not my emergency."

Always let them run with their bad decisions. It makes for far more interesting stories. Also, how else will they learn the system unless they face the consequences of their bad choices?

I'm beginning to think similarly about "let people like things." While I 100% agree with the sentiment, it seems to mostly be used to just shut down any and all criticism no matter how valid. I get not going out of your way to crap on other people's joy, that's not what I'm talking about. "I...

It's free on DriveThru. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/413739/errant-no-art-edition

No, and yes. No, the AD&D additions span everything. Races, classes, monsters, spells, magic items, etc. Lots of AD&D content was added. Yes, the main chassis and rules are still 100% B/X. Gavin and Co modified anything that needed changing when they imported the AD&D content to OSE.

The overlap of pulp heroes and superheroes is something people have been talking about for almost a century. Batman being a Shadow knock-off. Superman being at least initially a Doc Savage knock-off. Etc. The pulp heroes would be the equivalent to street-level superheroes using the superhero...

I do as well. It’s the same difference between something being published in a comic book vs the story itself being in the superhero genre. Only more confusing because they use the same name. Published in a pulp magazine (cheap, low-quality paper) does not make something the pulp genre (gonzo...

As far as I know there are only three setting books. Tal’Dorei, published by Green Ronin. Out-of-print and wildly expensive on the secondary market. The book was originally published only two months before the actual play campaign finished, so it covered most of the campaign and could rely on...

Sure. I am not one of them. To me, the two italicized questions are all that matter. I have shelves filled with games that me and maybe a dozen other people world wide are interested in playing. I don’t need any more RPG books that will only ever collect dust.

Yep. Which also seems to render the question moot. Anyone wanting that novelty can already get it by looking at any one of the thousands of other RPGs. If something innovative but close to D&D is your jam, the OSR/NSR scenes have you well and truly covered. To say nothing of the mountain of...

Same. That it was a pure B/X clone was the draw. I like the optional AD&D stuff that’s ported in with Advanced, but making that core and discontinuing the pure B/X clone removes the reason OSE even exists.

This will be the interesting bit. If that’s the case they will need to come up with a new license or anyone publishing for their “new” game will be taking a risk.

Search the net for “five-room dungeons” and “one-page dungeons.” You’ll find piles of them.