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I think baking power advancement into level advancement is part of 5e's secret sauce. That being said, I still find myself handing out more magic items than the baseline amount.

I mean, DCC does have a table for minor corruption...

Yeah, they paid to sit there not playing Shadowrun. I was aghast. In hindsight, we should've all just stopped and shown some solidarity at the table. But it was one of those things so far beyond the pale that I think we were all a little flummoxed by it. One of the reasons I stopped playing in...

My first Tolkien read unfortunately had this cover:

Agreed. Depending on the number of players and the game, it can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes until you get a chance to do something. If you sit out more than three rounds, that easily spills into over a half an hour of sitting there not playing the game. And no one enjoys that. At a con game...

That is a very important point. In 1e and 2e, magic items were very much a part of how you increased your power, whereas now, leveling up provides way more.

It's interesting that the most recent edition of D&D has moved in the direction of having fewer magic items. When you look at older editions, there are so much more handed out. And I totally agree that you shouldn't be able to waltz into Ye Olde Magic Shoppe and buy a flametongue.

I love the Barbara Remington LOTR triptych: Was hoping someone would mention this one. Seeing it in comic and book stores made a big impact on me.

I did not. I had just purchased a new hardcopy of the core book, and as much as its cover is darn cool, couldn't justify it.

I got my Purple Planet crowdfunding package yesterday. Combining the official Purple Planet release, plus a bunch of third-party products, was super-ambitious. But Goodman Games and everyone else pulled it off. Looking forward to all the Purple Planet goodness. Being a huge fan of Barsoom, I...

Yeah, even tweaking a few things, a victory by the Confederacy just wasn't going to happen. The greater industrialization of the North was always going to tell. The Great Ghost Dance is that it caused four volcanoes to erupt at once. Magic had only been around for six years at this point. The...

There will likely be a ton of Adventurers League games at Gen Con, so signing up for one of those should be easy. As far as where to stay, my advice would be to go for a connected hotel if at all possible. Other sundry advice - wear comfortable shoes. You do a lot of walking at Gen Con. Also...

I'd buy that. In some cases, all it would take would be a few subtle tweaks, though I think some of the changes required might need a stronger hand. Interesting. I am not that familiar with Deadlands. I played it back when it first came out and loved it. These days, way more into Cyberpunk Red...

Shadowrun's lore (and, debatably, its mechanics) are rooted in the late 80s and early 90s. A time not necessarily known for its cultural sensitivities. Now, let's be fair, they were not alone in this. Some of the more cringey World of Darkness books spring to mind as well. However, huge amounts...

Most of the time, but not always. It's Ben Riggs and Dr. Scott Bruener's new podcast, spinning off from Plot Points. It grew out of reading the 1e DMG, page by page, sentence by sentence, and discussing it.

Even as a teenager, I noticed the compartmentalization at work here. I remember talking to a hyper-christian classmate in high school who thought D&D was the work of the devil, but was completely fine with Marvel and DC superheroes. I argued the similarities and hypocrisies (Mephisto, anyone?)...

I tune into: Reading D&D Aloud Tabletop Cyberpunk (alas, over, but full of good ideas and advice) Vintage RPG Slovenly Trulls Spellburn

I finished reading Jack Vance's The Languages of Pao. It felt a bit like Vance's take on Dune, except focused on philology instead of ecology. And a whole lot shorter. Now I'm reading Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Everyone has told me I am long overdue in reading it.