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Daggerheart is not a "narrative game" but it does embrace non-binary adjudication and strongly encourages the "play to find out" model. It is a perfect game for "high prep situations; low prep plots" if that makes sense. I am excited for the Hope and Fear supplement though: DH needs more tools...

That's a strange criticism to level at Paizo when WotC is in exactly the same position, just an order of magnitude bigger (random guess, not an assertion). When the biggest RPG company in the world also only makes one RPG, well -- that seems to be more standard than the exception, doesn't it?

I find IL can be beneficial for my own behavior too. There are some posters who are not "bad" per se but with whom I just clash. If I IL them, I am less likely to be a jerk myself.

People do it all the time on reddit.

I think character generation fits into the paradigm of the OP. If you are making a character, it is of the top order importance that the character you make enhances play at the table. that means a lot of things, and may include things like making a character that works with a poarty, and...

Path of Exile is not a CRPG.

Context is important.

That's true of what, the last 6 months at most? Here we seem to be seeing a commitment to offloading development of adventures and setting material to 3PPs. Awesome. that's great. And of course that stuff will end up on Beyond because all official D&D stuff ends up on beyond. But I think it...

Cosmic horror is fine. Existential dread is fine. But leave your Mythos at home.

Even if you CAN degrade Armor or HP in non combat encounters, I would not say they are "important" across all 3 pillars. By its own definition and volition, DH is a game explicitly about heroic combat. It tells you that right in the book.

I am legitimately surprised Paizo is making a game not with their PF2 system. Color me immediately intrigued.

Sure. this is very likely what they are going to do. What does that have to do with D&D Beyond? Yes, I know that Drakkenheim is on Beyond, but are you suggesting WotC will only make deals with those 3PP developers that have stuff on beyond already?

I am not sure how common an experience that is, but I will say that a well designed game can bring those things closer together. Or a really good quickstart/beginner box.

Maybe instead of "Play is paramount" the thesis is more "Keeping play in mind will improve the ancillary stuff you do." That feels incomplete and unsatisfying.

The thesis is not that everything is play, but rather than play is the most important thing, so work -- from world building to rules tinkering to painting minis and terrain -- that does not serve play is not optimal. Those things might be fun in and of themselves for the folks engaging in them...

Out of curiosity, if you don't mind, how old were you?

I have been thinking about this, and I haven't really figured out how to articulate it. But discussion forums are a good way to eventually find that articulation, so I thought I would toss this out there: The most important thing in TTRPGs is the actual experience of play. This goes for rules...

I was only commenting on the ads. And i don't have any real knowledge of Fanatic, it was just the first place I found an article. In any case, i think WotC outsourcing official D&D settings and adventures is a potentially good thing. All those 3PP companies @SlyFlourish pointed out made good...

It certainly has longevity, which must say something. But if I never read the world "Lovecraftian" again it will be too soon.

There is nothing more tired in gaming and geek spaces than Lovecraft/Mythos/Cthulhu. Please retire it all.