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As I understand it, it's generally accepted that Malory was indeed a prisoner as he claimed (though debate as to precisely who), so it's likely he wrote it to while away the time.

You've kind of touched on what I was going to say. I use different techniques depending on the game I'm running to try to evoke more of what the game is about. I've never run a mecha RPG, but describing the scene/situation via the HUD is precisely what I'd do in that situation. Blades in the...

While "Black Knights" are often the villains - or villeins - it should be noted that antagonists in Arthurian Legend aren't always such obvious enemies. The Lady of the Lake exploits Merlin's love/lust for her to have him teach her all he knows, then uses magic to capture and either kill him or...

I'd add the 1998 miniseries Merlin, starring Sam Neill. It takes some liberties, like adding Queen Mab as sister of the Lady of the Lake and antagonist, but Miranda Richardson's portrayal of Mab along with Martin Short's Frik are a great portrayal of malevolent fey. To expand this, there's...

The author of Romance of the Perilous Land has some supplemental material on their itch.io, including a couple free adventures you might be able to repurpose. If you have time, you could watch episodes of Prince Valiant (YouTube playlist) for inspiration.

I was all ready to waffle on about Arthuriana only to see that between @aramis erak, @Tonguez and @Benjamin Olson, what I was going to say has already been said. I suppose there's a few things I can add to tie it into the OP. The Knights of the Round, combined with Charlemagne's Paladins are a...

Personally, the only person I'm interested listening to talk about Eberron is its creator, which is why I'd recommend Manifest Zone, an Eberron podcast featuring Keith Baker.

Is steam-powered technology commonplace? No? It's not steampunk. Even Eberron - a setting that is actually in the process of industrial revolution - is not steampunk.

Just to add to this, since it seems to be forgotten: CR was originally part of Geek & Sundry and technically owned by them, and when G&S got bought by Legendary, Legendary gained ownership of CR. The CR folks were quick to set up Critical Role Productions, LLC after that and were able to...

Instead of some random youtuber talking out of their arse, we could take Brennan and Matt at their word:

It's a little outdated being from 2017, but you might want to look at this. I can also add that a few friends of mine looked into starting their own game store, and were basically told: Warhammer sells, Magic: the Gathering and Pokémon sell, barely anything else does. Individual board games...

It sounds like you're envisioning them as something akin to the talent trees in Classic World of Warcraft: As opposed to something like what's seen in Edge of the Empire: Would that be accurate?

I think there's 2, perhaps 3, elements at play here. 1. "Sacred cows": There are some elements that must stay to still feel like D&D, which limits what can be changed. 2. "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses" - not Henry Ford. Actual innovation is hard to...

I could see something like a cross between 5e's feats, 3e's feats and Savage Worlds' edges. So, using 5e as a base of comparison, instead of Class feature @ X level Subclass feature @ Y level ASI/Feat @ Z level you could have Combat feat @ X level Exploration feat @ Y level Social feat @ Z level...

5e2014 is my favourite version of D&D to date, but I share a few of the already stated desires. If WotC are going to continue insisting there are three pillars of play, then I'd like to see the exploration and social pillars get a similar level of mechanical support to combat. One of my...

I think you'd be surprised. 5e has seen a surprising number of people get invested in D&D as a lifestyle brand. Obviously, dedicated gamers like the sort who frequent online communities like ENWorld will continue with their preferred iteration, but a good chunk would move on to other things.

Paizo benefits from D&D for exact reason Steve Jackson laid out with GURPS. That's true for the smaller games as well. There is simply a percentage of players who move on from their first game, look at others and get invested in RPGs as a hobby - the larger the hobby, the more that is as a flat...

This line has always been laughable to me. The 5e starter set had been out a year by the time the first episode of CR aired, and the PHB 7 months. 5e had already reclaimed it dominance, and was going from strength to strength. CR's initial success was due to established 5e players tuning in...

This is the case according to actual RPG developers. In addition to Steve Jackson's comment that @Staffan pointed out, a few years ago, one the of the Paizo devs commented on a reddit post about how 5e's massive success was a case of rising tides lift all ships. They stated that even though...