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I got into Vampire the Masquerade during the last two years. I know the new edition (called V5) has been pretty controversial. Partially for some mechanical decisions, but mostly for some updates to its lore. It made me really hesitant because unlike the most recent Shadowrun editions that...

Do we know if they'll be mostly exactly the same in term of content of they'll be significant changes?

I stopped by my local gamestore and bought it following this review! It's been a good reading so far. While being on the topic of VTM, are they reprinting Cults of the Blood Gods? I've seen it for pre-order on Renegade Studios website, but I remember it already releasing last year. Was it a...

I looked into Ironsworn a while ago, but the name of the product and some other things I can't remember stopped me from diving deeper. Can you sell me on it?

Bad layout is easily noticeable. I do agree that a whole range of it, from adequate to good is invisible. But great layout design is definitely noticeable, if not only in contrast with other products you own.

Wait, I'm not getting it. Is the discounted price the regular price?

I have lost count to show many Cthulhu games there are. I wouldn't know what to buy if I wanted to run something with that mythology!

I've had my own experience with suicide. My went through my whole childhood with three friends, two of which were brothers. The older one ended his life in 2012, and I dreamed of him the night prior and tried to reconnect a few days later to learn the news. It was really though and one way to...

In Quebec we have another school level between High School and college. I studied Computer Science for two years. Then I did a bachelor composed of a minor in Video Game Studies and a major in English Literature. Following that, I got a second cycle specialized degree in Game Design.

Heilung is a one of a kind band for me. There's definitely others in the same genre; but it has a very unique place in my musical library. It's music that has little value in being understood and is almost entirely felt. It evokes very primal feelings inside me. I find it incredibly therapeutic...

I'm from a different generation than many on ENWorld, so my stuff is often much more recent. This is also probably not an accurate list, but it's what is coming to my mind right now: Archipelago, by Hidden Orchestra Lifa, by Heilung The Joy of Motion, by Animals as Leaders AM, by Arctic Monkeys...

I just wikipediaed it because I didn't know about it. There's an unhealthy amount of books in that series. Did you read all of them?

All the other aspects that I'm putting forth are inherently part of games. Especially a game like D&D. Once again, to clear things up, I am not talking about learning concrete knowledge like learning to do math, or learn empathy (even though TTRPGs are also inherently good for that). I am also...

Nobody said it was about learning a lesson. But you can learn lessons while playing it. And games are probably the best tools we have to teach and learn. There's a whole billion market about it. So the it's just a game thing doesn't hold. I don't know why you're pulling things in such...

You don't need a teacher to learn lesson. When you put your hand on the open stove and burn yourself when you're young, you learn a lesson. I'm not teaching anything to anyone. But it goes both ways, what you do, allows and forbid at a table, whether it's through explicit or implicit rulings...

That's not fudging though. Most DMs I've known will ask some random rolls of players to hide some real perception rolls, or roll some fake rolls to hide the real ones. It does not lead to any of the aforementioned consequences.

I mean, if this does happen then, yeah, just cut it short and say "Sorry guys, I think this one was a bit overtuned." But it's not something that should be happening frequently. If you have this situation every other session and have to fudge the rolls not to bore your whole group then that's an...

I already know all of this. Don't worry, I'm not going to barge in your gaming room to catch you by the wrist if you're about the fudge a roll. I think you should take for granted that I'm obviously speaking all the experience I was apart of or the experiences I was a witness to. But we're...

I've definitely been guilty of that in my first years of DMing. I recently watched a video by Questing Beast that very succinctly and elegantly phrased the lesson learned. "DMs should create situations, not plots". It feels bad to create a storyline to be played through and have the group go...

Because, in most cases, their rolls are a result of a choice. If everything went well, they have some information and decide to act upon it. You translate it and say "give me a something something roll" or "roll to hit". They willingly took a risk, and it succeeded. It's a gamble, but one they...