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As a separate thing from sandboxes or theme parks. This is one of those threadss where I am literally just thinking on the keyborad, so I am excited to see what other folks think of the idea. In other words, we're just spitballing here. So you oftne here "open" play environments described as...

It can be a classic adventure, a monster, a spell, a class, or anything else that is iconic of D&D. Otherwise you know how this works. ---------- I'm here to play the lute and [---] dragons, and I lost my lute.

Link to the redband trailer.

I am specifically talking about games that did not get much support when they came out, because they flew under the radar or did not sell well, or whatever. So no Earthdawns or Shadowruns or Palladium RPGs. If something already has had multiple editions, it doesn't qualify for the purposes of...

That other thread is about system, so I would liek to keep that discussion out of this thread. here, I am more interested in what you think makes for a good superhero campaign. What style of supers works best for you? What sorts of adventures? What sorts of PCs? What have your most successful...

I know, I know. "Another 6E Thread?!?" Yes. But I want to keep it positive. If you love 5E (either flavor, or any other edition) that's awesome! Congratulations, you have your game. However, i (and I asssume some other folks) would like to see the next iteration of D&D. For my part, I like 5E...

A couple posts in the con GMing thread got me thinking about the X Card. I have never seen it used in actual play, or used it myself. I run a decent amount of con games and have run games at stores and other public situations, and it has never come up. Have you used it? Have you had it used in...

[DISCLAIMER: Way back in the day I worked on Gamma World d20. Despite lots of people hating on that version, I am proud of that work and think it was a good iteration of GW -- better than the Alternity version, worse than 1995 4E.) If WotC decided to put out a new version of gamma world based...

As some folks may know, I feel the need to take little breaks from EN World every once in a while. It is a "It's not you, it's me" situation (except when it is definitely you), but even so. Anyway, despite the need for these breaks, I must have gaming discussions and such in my life. And I am...

I have this secret desire to run a Star Wars game that recasts all the main characters as whatever the players come up with and just drive forward and see what happens. Known pop-culture universes like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or Buffy are fun to play games in. But what happens when you...

I am an engineer now, but long ago in another life I got a degree in English Literature. Once of things that I have always carried forward from that education was the idea that it is important -- required, even -- to think about what you think about things. When conducting analysis or criticism...

Freinds you haven't seen in a while ask you to run a TTRPG for them TONIGHT. You have nothing prepared, but access to your TTRPG collection/library/whatever. They are ambivalent about what game to play, and you think they will like whatever you run. So, what do you run? What is your go-to pick...

Spinning this out of the Daggerheart thread and making it more general. When considering a particular process in play, how many steps is too many. For example, in D&D, the process of attacking is: roll to hit, compare to AC, roll damage, apply damage. In Daggerheart, the process is similar...

ETA: Just to be clear, I am looking for NPC/monster statblocks and additional abilities. I do not have the time or inclination to create complete PC types. In my current 5E 2024 campaign, the BBEG has wrested control of the mage community (think Palpatine vs Jedi) and has mage hunting enforcers...

[NOTE: I tried to post this in the actual variants subforum but there was no appropriate prefix.] This has come up in a couple threads, so i thought we could focus a discussion on it. Note that this is not a forum rules post, or a post about game geneology or taxonomy. Rather, this is a...

I know, every campaign is different. But, broadly speaking and talking about your personal preferences (so don't @ me with "should" nonsense) do you think the player characters should be exceptional in fiction of the game? Maybe that means Chosen By Fate, or maybe that means somehow superhuman...

This might be a little bit of a weird question, so bear with me. If you had to compare your preferred way of running or playing in a campaign to a format found in other media, what would it be? For example, mine is 90s-00s ensemble television semi-serial action adventure drama a la Buffy or...

That subject line is a little incendiary, but anway. Last night the PCs (5 4th level 5E2024 characters) went into a young black dragon's lair to kill it. The dragon also had an allied abomination (using the stats for a half dragon in the MM). This was, per the A5E chart (which has been pretty...

I wanted to spin this out of the Daggerheart + thread just to stop gumming up the works for @overgeeked and besides, more games than Daggerheart use this sort of system. So: When the game does not ask for "initiative order" and players and GMs are meant to share and pass the spotlight, how do...

Do you enjoy minimalist and/or one page RPGs? Do you have a favorite or two? What do you think of the concept in general? Lasers and Feelings gets lots of love, and for good reason. It implies a lot and if you have a table that is really dedicated to the idea I am sure you could have lots of...