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My first thought would be to adapt The Quiet Year, though that isn't really about survival, per se. My second thought is nor to pick up a full ruleset, but to set up several skill challenges, focused on the town's needs to get through either the winter, or through to the next harvest. Like -...

We aren't really here to debate rating policy. But if you are going to have ratings, you kind of have to has some standards defines, and set some boundaries.

I don't think I see how that works, but is also aside the point, which is that "Oh, but the Children!" isn't a likely issue when the source material has swear words in abundance.

Yes. That's the point. Constantly refreshing the hardware is driving capital investment through the roof, and therefore the required return is also through the roof. Refreshing again doesn't save you from that loop - competition will still drive tech companies to out-perform each other, so...

Careful, or I'll go back and get the one with... candy corn...

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Well, a PG-13 movie can have one f-bomb in it. And, on Stranger Things, Dustin has quite the potty mouth. He's dropping the other allowed words on a pretty regular basis. So... having the set match the language fans are used to seems reasonable.

Maybe you didn't read the articles - the costs we are talking about are mostly hardware. So, your solution to how expensive hardware is is to... replace all the hardware yet again? When the new hardware will undoubtedly be more expensive than the old hardware to purchase? Plus, when they are...

Mod note: You just asked that insulting question on a board on which Rule #1 is, "Keep it civil." So, maybe you don't want folks wondering who is, or is not, using their brains to best effect, hm?"

I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. Private companies are not generally required by law to open applications. They may be required if they are federal contractors, or federal money is involved in some way. But more likely it is an internal policy at work. Not saying this is the point for WotC...

Unless you already know the players are the sort to never trust anyone, and to jot take plot hooksnhandednto them, don't over-think it.

Incorrect. The module states that, when they enter a domain with their Lost Thing, the get a feeling of its presence. Um, no. Iirc, by the standard milestone leveling scheme of the adventure, the PC are likely Level 2 when they meet Bavlorna. She's CR 6, and on her home turf. Try to smack...

Well, there are some games that explicitly limit their length. Deathmatch Island runs through three islands, in a recommended six sessions, and then you are done. Scum and Villainy is structured so that you play until you have effectively given sufficient support to one faction that they are...

And, it may be that the capital expenditure required by the data centers may sink the thing. The actual revenue generated by AI this year is reportedly about $20 billion. But expenditure on the data centers this year may be more like $320 billion. Next year, and following years, we expect...

Maybe not the greatest example, as I would not consider a broom intrinsically less interesting than boots. The more solid comparison would be "Do I buy a +2 weapon, or a +1 weapon with an enhancement that is only occasionally better than another +1?" And why buy an Arrow of Gazebo Slaying when...

That's to be expected. If you present any significant variety for purchase, you turn it into an extension of the resource management game. Buying them becomes a question of how much bang they get for the GP.

For a long time now, I've wondered a great deal if all that fine tuning really matters. I mean, like, statistically, how often do the differences make a significant impact on play? Like, take a straight 5e encounter, and a conversion of that to any of the variants, or to someone's...