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I've long thought that the 3e chassis is a good chassis despite my preference in many ways for 1e's way of thinking on certain things. I can see some good though in all editions. BAB, pretty much 3e. Backgrounds, yes. A background will give you some skills, a contact or two, maybe membership...

I think often we confuse the two. Obviously some mechanics support a playstyle better than others but you can do a lot of playstyles with a game like D&D. I think I've been playing my playstyle in D&D all the way through 3e and into 4e. I've really never played a different playstyle...

I was thinking of how many playstyles now exist side by side in D&D. And more than one is pretty popular. Often they are not compatible. Often people in a particular area don't even realize the other styles exist. How can the designers of a DMG go very deep when whatever the direction they...

I've signed up for Worldographer 2025. I've been a supporter all the way back to when it was called Hexographer. I don't work for them or have an ownership. So here is some questions because I'm curious how you all think? 1. How important is the ability to randomly generate vs just make a...

How many of you are old enough to remember the website? I was waxing nostalgic. I was really excited about the new game. I went to Origins Game Fair in Columbus OH and walked up to play a demo game. Monte Cooke walks up and introduces himself. I don't know Monte Cook from Adam. Okay great...

So I thought I'd post a thread about religions and Gods and innovative ways you've developed them for your campaigns. I got the idea chatting with Fenris in another thread. So I am going to throw out some ideas but just know that I do things differently campaign to campaign. I like a lot of...

So I was just curious who all are playing this system and which flavor is the most popular? Now if you are using O.L.D. to handle some aspects of your N.E.W. game then you are playing N.E.W. in my opinion. I get the impression from drive through that N.E.W. is the most popular. I know it is...

So I recently read a book by Alexander Macris called Arbiter of Worlds. I thought reading it that based on my own idea of fun it was almost a perfect book. It enunciated my own preferences pretty well.... 1. Let the dice fall where they fall and character death is a real threat. 2. Avoid...

While I have a strong opinion on metagame design elements, I by no means intend to imply that those who enjoy such concepts are doing it wrong or should convert to my way of thinking. This is about a preference. It would be just as silly to try to convert everyone who prefers chocolate ice...

So I've been watching the information coming out of Paizo on PF2 and I'm pretty excited. In fact, I haven't felt this excited in a long time. I feel like they are keeping all that I loved about 3e and smoothing off some of the rough edges. My only concern is the skill system, and correct me...

(Trying to be nice). There is a lengthy discussion on the wotc boards about the healing options provided and there is a lot of debate about whether Wotc fulfilled their promises or they didn't. I personally feel they are not going to meet the expectations they set based upon what I've seen...

After some thought about trying to bend D&D 5e to my playstyle, I began to entertain the idea that perhaps FATE would require less bending. I bought FATE CORE, and FATE System Toolkit at Gen Con. My only issue with FATE and the major reason I avoided it in the past was their use of...

Edit: here is the link -- http://pulsiphergamedesign.blogspot.com/2014/06/game-design-interesting-decisions.html I thought this phrase deserved a topic of it's own. Most of the problems people raise on these boards are hypothetical with regards to my own games. I just don't have those...

Text from my blog.... The basic gist of the Oberoni Fallacy is... The fact a GM using rule zero can fix a rules problem does not mean there is no rules problem. I agree with Oberoni that such thinking is a fallacy. But that fallacy has been taken too far in some discussions. We are no...