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Also, as a further muddling point, what is short is point of discussion in and of itself.

I agree that many modern modules published by WotC are campaigns, not adventures. Curse of Strahd is a campaign.

So I am at this point a big advocate for brief campaigns between longer ones. I'm not of the "This game has been going for 20+ yrs" school. More like 2-4 yrs max. Then on to something new. But a palate cleanser, with an eye to running a completely different game, is very much how my mind is...

For me, this is a double edged sword. One of the things that soured me on 4th Ed is that they kept making small changes. I sometimes feel that, similar to video games, having online access for publishers to make later changes means they can feel encouraged to release an incomplete product and...

That all may be true for you, certainly. But physical media is superior in that when I have it, I own it. As for owning games I will never play or run, yeah, but I like to READ games. It makes me a better GM all around to be exposed to numerous ideas, even if they are paths I don't go down...

Folks, whether gamebooks are exempt or not, game stores are going to break simply because most of them are highly dependent on TCGs to keep their doors open. And from what I can tell, those will go up. And when the shops close, new TCGs will die off because there is no free demo grounds to...

It is wild how there is going to be a knock on effect in that this may be the final nail in the coffin for independent game stores. And without them as breeding grounds for interest in TCGs, many TCGs may wither on the vine. The big 3 can weather the storm most likely, but it's going to have...

If you have been eyeing a physical product, buy it now. Like this week. When in hand stock is depleted, some of these products will not get another print run under these conditions. Also, if there is a small studio which you enjoy or wish to support, do so now. It's entirely possible they will...

Honestly, it really depends on the campaign. If a given species or class doesn't fit with the plans, I just remove them from the options presented to players. Also as a rule, anything not 1st party published needs approval in any game I run.

No, I'm serious. Mods, why is this allowed? This is just a copy/paste from an AI site with no attribution.

Why are we letting AI write blog posts now?

Yoink!

It's certainly feasible. I just dont care. Needing to track it adds nothing to my game. It's just busy work for me. "Realism" and bookkeeping that make the game less enjoyable aren't elements worth preserving. YMMV.

In D&D, sorta. If you have say less than 6 of something, then yes, like say daggers or javelins. You could conceivably run out in a single fight. If you have a dozen or even twenty+, as it typical for arrows or bolts? Not really. A given campaign can change this, especially at lower levels. If...

So I would recommend it, as it gives players a heads up to avoid reading the material. Now, if the concern is "If I tell my players which module I am running, they will go out and read it" and they would do so even if you told them specifically so they would not do this, boot them. You don't...

For me: Gear. D&D wants to make gear matter, but it still refuses to invest any gaming technology into gear systems to get that across.

What an interesting question. For me, it's hard to say. The lines between different subgenres of fantasy feel much less stark than between those in the broad Sci-Fi tent. You can tell Conan stories or Middle Earth stories or stories inspired by Greek myth all in one system much more easily than...

I think what's the issue is that, due to this "perfect storm," we should not expect modest increases but instead possibly crippling large increases. A 5-10% hike is bad. a 30-40% jump or possibly more could drive people out of any given Geek hobby. Years ago, I reassessed my splitting my...

Basically all Geek hobbies are going to be hit with a sack of doorknobs. Hard to discuss the reality of any of this without it becoming intensely political. Simply put, domestic production doesn't exist to work around tariffs in a meaningful way immediately. It would take time and investment. So...

I think part of the reason is that there hasnt been a properly huge pop culture fantasy property until the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings films. Sci Fi has Star Wars and Star Trek. Comics carry the banner for Super Heroes.