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I think @Benjamin Olson was going for the former. I'm going with the latter, when "most of the mental load of planning or running a game relates to having balanced combats and combat stats familiar and at the ready, and then the actual combats are often on the sloggy side." When I'm writing up...

If you're on a budget, just watch the Neverending Story instead. Unless, of course, you like wi-fi jokes.

Well, D&D is easy to pick on. But there is a game design reason for fighters being meat-shields: if fighters are good at anything else, other classes lose their lustre. Fighters, in D&D, MUST be the meat-shields, because that's why someone picks the fighter class. If you want to be good at...

Are you seeing a different Old School than I am? I thought it was about armor classes that required understanding negative numbers and endless tables. In part. Or should it be called OSRL - Old School Rules Light?

Usually before I buy them / after I've flipped through them at Barnes and Noble.

It seems like everyone who wants an opinion on what to do next in his/her game provides a writeup that is waaaaay too long. I don't need to know what town Zorak is from and what school of wizardry his sister-in-law is considering for a specialization - to offer my opinion on whether he should...

Funny how shortly after these two mention the show (producers?) being broke, there's a quick reminder that Disney and ABC are behind it.

Fun is trickling in! You can try Eamon's Beginners' Cave with the link in the updated Original Post. Eamon, or "the Wonderful World of Eamon," is one of the earliest text-based RPGs on computer. It was an open system to which any user could create its own dungeon/quest module and add to the...

One could say that a shift in game mode (application of a different set of rules) is necessary for fitting the feeling of a scene. Conversation amongst friends feels pretty comfortable, so a comfortable set of rules for it is appropriate. Armed combat is decidedly uncomfortable, exacting...

Sure looks that way. I was hoping that this was the new version of the upvote/downvote thread. I guess it's gone by the wayside.

Just checking ;) Longer version: I expect most players to look out for #1 (the player). So I reward them to encourage looking out for #2 (the character) and #3 (the other PCs).

Nick Cage rocks. So I gave him a "green check mark," apparently. Perhaps you'd like to rate him against this legend?

What if a player ignores detrimental metagame knowledge? Or chooses to fail a contest instead of rolling? Or actually plays her alignment correctly?

Did someone say D&D and Big Adventure? Whatever it is, I'm expecting a very cosmopolitan group of allies.

Nothing to see here. Move along. Unless you want to post something and check these question threads out with me.

Time-sensitive objectives are age-old game tools. And antagonists wait on no one. My magic-users/spellcasters keep track of time because their power comes back hourly, not daily. This is a little too close to "I just got my vacation time approved by middle management" for my taste. What...

If you already have players, you can find out their feelings on Railroads™ and what their characters' motivations are, to answer some of these questions. One way to decide where to go with stuff is to have a BBEG.* Those make campaign decisions for you. And they're kind of required - unless...

D&D could really use a system like this. I hate making D&D characters.

I still play the Wonderful World of Eamon, which was originally written in Applesoft BASIC. So, 40 year old tech? Hoping to revitalize it here, BTW . . .