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Actual play is an idealized form of the hobby, especially when it is curated and edited. That doesn't make it bad entertainment, and doesn't even mean we can't learn something from it. But I think folks should not take it too seriously lest they take the wrong lessons from it. There's an analogy...

So I started with the Mentzer Basic Set (BECMI) and it did not come with a separate module like B2. it included a "teaching" dungeon that progressed from solo adventure portions through "and now, young DM, fill out the rest of this dungeon!" which I still believe is the reason so many of us took...

For anyone interested in Marvel multiverse but feels like they need tools and things to run it better, i discovered this website: Marvel Multiverse RPG I am most excited about the NPC cards since they have the actual rules for the characters right on them.

I think the most interesting thing about the advancements in Eberron is that they were specifically driven by a century of war. So there are lots of weapons and logistics systems, but many people are still trying to hold on to their traditional ways of living. You have a anachronistic setting on...

I understand the fun of trying to figure out (and this is just an example) how the presence of a dragon's lair in a region impacts the local ecology and economy and so on. But the lair is there for the PCs to visit and maybe all die in. So while a foundation of what seems logical and reasonable...

There is a decent amount of 3rd party material for it, some of it pretty good. But I agree that it feels like Darrington could have planned support better. There is obviously stuff coming from their partners, but I am afraid some folks are going to have already "played out" Daggerheart by the...

I'm sorry. I know TTRPGs are popular, and they are a versatile medium. But no, I am not going to back or buy your "rules light RPG about 'what really matters'" or whatever.

On that last bit, I would bet real money that if WotC suddenly changed course and decided to sell.PDFs of the 5E library -- even if it was just the 5E 2014 library -- they would instantly be the best selling TTRPG PDF products of all time.

The Thrawn trilogy is vastly overrated based on it being the first real Star Wars thing to catch everyone's attention in a decade. It's fine, I guess, but "good" is too strong a word.

Folks overly concerned about the math in DH are focusing on the wrong thing, IMO.

What 90s Star Wars stuff was "good"? I sure hope you don't cite Luuuuuuuuuuuke.

Nothing says "Everyone is welcome" quite like "You aren't allowed to participate or even read because I think your your stance on player agency is questionable."

Debate is good. Let's avoid attacks tho.

I think you are asking too muych of Star Wars. Star Wars has always been bad and dumb and poorly written, but has GREAT vibes. Star Wars, more than any long running fandom IP, is built entirely around vibes. It has very rarely been honestly Good (some portions of Clone Wars, as well as ESB...

If that's the usual, how can you be disappointed? ;)

I don't think the Druid's inherent bonuses to success are higher than anyone else's, so they are going to fail as often as anyone else, no?

It is kind of hard to spotlight hog in DH because a failed roll or a roll with fear moves the spotlight to the GM. When it moves back, the game state will have very likely changed and so chances are one character, even if overtuned, can't do everything.

I thought the acolyte had lots of potential, but unfortunately the Usual Suspects decided to review bomb it and attack it for the dumbest reasons.

It seems very odd to level "they are playing to the audience" as some sort of criticism of what is essentially a TV show. of course they are playing to the audience. That is literally their job. That doesn't mean they aren't playing D&D to the audience, though.

I really, REALLY hate the use of video game terminology with relation to tabletop D&D memes and posts. And I love video games. But they are different.