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No but I realize how biased my sample is. I play with friends and at least one of their wives…other times it’s my kids including my daughters. Bottom line is I include tropes of fantasy…excluding rape and such. We kill monsters/villains, rescue people and banish evils spirits and the like...

I will give it a chance is using 2014 doesn’t make it annoying. I am not turning my nose up at all of 2024 D&D as a principle. Make something I like and can use with 2014 and I am open. I am just confused at times. We hear over and over and over the old days are past, the preferences of the...

There is nothing you can codify to take the place of people wanting to play fair and be cooperative. If the gm says that is what we are doing for now—-roll with it for now. Enjoy game time. It gets harder and harder to come by. You cannot make any rule to compensate for d-baggery

I have a big board game collection. Indeed I set up and played them solo at times due to the complications of scheduling with pals. It’s an option. But when you see rants about all players DMs sucking whatever…people suck but not in that proportion.

It’s not a conspiracy, brother. If literally all products and people suck…not blaming you, but let me be delicate…it’s probably you.

Hats off to anyone that enjoys D&D and gaming. It’s a passion of mine and has been since childhood. Lots of room for lots of flavors. That said: This picture is one of many from several books that seems odd as a D&D exemplar. Many examples going back to Tasha’s. The objection I have to the...

Right. Well D&D is not about any time period. There is no such thing as an anachronism as a result. Anything goes since it’s a multiverse. Or something like that. Do ignore the chainmail, battle axes and torches in the equipment lists though. They got left in the book due to poor editing 😉...

It’s ok to admit my time has passed. And it clearly has (I am not ancient but maybe my tastes are). No matter the sales or what critics say I am simply not charging into battle thinking of pink dresses and high heels. For every crusty polearm wielding footman like me I know there are two fans...

My kid is all about Elden ring…when she is not a kenku in my campaign ;)

For me it was a novelty within what was the game norm. As a result, it served as a novelty and a divergence, maybe a one off. I think the basis of the game now lacks identity to deviate from… I get it. The kids don’t care…maybe some get inspired by it. And as such, they can support the new...

Right. I don’t like this or 2024. Tasha pushed it, this stuff for me pushed it over.

Geezer!!!

art matters to me in games. Previously there was the”debate” about people wearing glasses in art. Arguments they are/are not anachronistic and all the rest. Then you hear the game is no loner based on medieval European mythology. “It’s not even accurate history bro.” And so on. And it all...

First of all these games are games. The differences between groups of humans in real life are not as large as those between fantasy races. The point in tying ability bonuses and even behavioral tendencies to a fantasy race was just about differentiating and creating approaches to play. Races...

I don’t think that or a ceiling are a bad idea.

I know you like hockey. It’s ok. But you are really not playing a good game unless you are using a volleyball and a net. Why won’t you just string a net across the ice in the neutral zone. See, you should be able to score with the volleyball and the puck. You are unnecessarily limiting...

I think it’s a false dichotomy. A half orc that stands up after being knocked down AND is stronger expresses the concept more and not less effectively. The addition of modifiers should not be the only thing but surely don’t take away from the other features. As to optimization, it’s a delay...

I remember playing as a teen and telling the DM my dwarf undid enough gear to urinate on the dais of the big bad. I have just never felt as constrained as some people here. We just play and see what happens. Granted, after tell the dm our party goes north to pillage to fallen temple we don’t...

I don’t think anything in my description is arbitrary any more than squares on a checkerboard after it is designed. Surely the DM plans some playing fields in traditional gaming. The players don’t know what is out there but to the extent that is reasonable, there is an out there. There are...

I just want to ask: “but you have fun playing, right?” I know debating can be fun…but sometimes you come away from these discussions and wonder. There is so much variability out there to be found…it’s about goodness of fit. The discussion about DM authority and stances and all of it misses...