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You're correct, to be sure. It goes against two critical business strategies, though. Keeping multiple lines in print pits your books against themselves. Whenever anyone suggests that WotC could rerelease an earlier edition, that's all the talk. And the second is, there are fewer and fewer...

They were exactly the people I was thinking about. There was a lot of effort put into Project Black Flag. I know that I backed the initial Kickstarter. Now in 2026 I wonder, why bother? No shade on the Kobold Press people because they are some of the nicest and coolest people around but...

To me the biggest headscratch move was killing the OGL when, as a lot of folks pointed out, you could just make a gated gated community with D&D Beyond. I don't make a big salary, but I could have told them that. It seems definitely like that's where it's going, and that seems successful. WotC...

The world's greatest superhero RPG graphic made me think "oh, 7th edition Hero system?" But I jest. The new Mutants and Masterminds will likely be something I pick up as a PDF when it's all done. It will be interesting to see how they're evolving it further.

I think that you really have to stretch what "5E compatible" means for this to satisfy those requirements. I think that it isn't entirely alien to 5E, but it's not something you can just pick up and slot in with an existing campaign. But, with that said, I really like it. It is very much it's...

This is really interesting. We went right from "this isn't the strategy" to "the strategy is doing wonders." I think there were a lot of people talking about this for a long time who had some really unpleasant conversations about how wrong they were. Personally, I'd love to see WotC continue to...

I don't really want to get too deep in the weeds because this discussion has come up many times before. There's absolutely no consensus on what railroading is in RPGs. Some people don't mind it. I don't know who said this first, but I love it: "I'm all about for the railroad if it takes me to...

That's my point. I don't want to really harp on this, since I really want to encourage the show rather than yuck on it, but the audience for this show is going to be much larger than just people who've already played the game. So it will be new to all of them. And for me, I'd love to see how...

Ah, this is really interesting news! At the same time, it has the problem that a lot of game/book to show programs have: it's going to be in the world of BG3 but not take advantage of the plotting and story from the game. I have played BG3, and the plot is a really strong selling point in the...

This is an "I wish" situation. I backed the project but didn't buy beta access. I'm currently playing a 5E campaign with the group that I'd like to play this with and we may be finishing up Vecna about the time they finish Ember. It looks absolutely amazing.

Pretty much this. There's a thing that's going to happen. Will it? Don't know, the ending isn't determined. If the players do nothing, it's going to happen. Will they do something? What? Stop the event? Agree with it and get onboard? Or figure some point out that's inbetween? Don't know.

Okay. Thanks for your opinion.

In both cases, this was "an adventuring day." So the group got up in the morning, did as much as they could do, and then did a long rest. And the timing advanced. In the case of Abomination Vaults, I am running it with Foundry, so I have a plug-in ("Simple Calendar") that has a built-in...

I think this is a really interesting discussion! I am thinking about just this issue in my own game design at the moment. I describe my game as "play to find out" so I had to think about it a lot. In general, how I run a game depends on what I'm running, in terms of both the system and...

I have really liked the design work Mike has done in the past. I am looking at my copy of Iron Heroes at the moment. But I think you're right. I just don't know if a former designer of the real rules can make a Heartbreaker. I'll take a look at whatever Mike puts out because I think he always...

Well that's totally your right, and for the record my comment was pretty much a joke because I know people's opinion on it. It would just be amusing to see it come back as a reaction to 5E. To each their own.

As a fan of 4E, I welcome this return of At-Wills, Encounter and Daily Powers, not to mention powers that replace lower level ones with higher. I hope it works better this time.

I know a bunch of you live in my area, and I always mean to do a meet up at Gamehole Con. This year is the year!

I think it's because a heavy narrative players create content is something extremely difficult to do with a short quick start. I've run both the Fabula Ultima and Daggerheart Quickstarts, and I did my very best to encorporate those rules in the games. I ran both of them with experienced...

Back in the 90s, I was a young man who was trying to write. I ran into Mark at Gen Con and had a great discussion with him. He very much intended the game to be about personal horror. He genuinely seemed unhappy with how people were playing it in practice. I never played the game because of the...