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Got back into TTRPGs in 2014. I keep seeing new editions and starter sets for games I've bought and never got around to playing. There is a weird pull to want to buy the new version, just in case I do play them. I've not succumb to this as I've gotten over my earlier impulse buying of...

Thought I I would start a thread here in the hopes other ENworlders attend Gamehole Con to discuss the con. Since the housing portal opens soon, I thought I would start this thread by recommending that everyone take it easy, sleep in late on Sunday, and be ready to book your rooms Sunday...

I think of myself as a very open minded gamer. I can enjoy playing just about any game as long as I can get on with the rest of the players. And I generally can get on with most people. So I rarely turn down a gaming session because of the system. But there is one big exception. I don't like...

I'm running The Enemy Within campaign for WFRP4e. I still bought the PDF versions of the Dwarf Player's Guide and the High Elf Player's Guide. I enjoyed reading through both of the books, but don't find much to use from either in my campaign. There is a high elf among the party in my campaign...

Not sure what has me thinking so much about dice this Friday evening that I'm making two posts. Probably just missing in-person play. As a DM or other player, how do you feel about the following scenarios? Also, add other edge cases or tables rules regarding dice in your response. 1. Die...

There a spectrum of opinions regarding dice and the importance of balance. A healthy minority of gamers have strong preferences for balanced die. Louis Zocchi is the grandfather and first example I think of for this cohort. I've gone down this rabbit hole. When I got back into the hobby, older...

This may be a strange topic, but I like discussing VTTs and have participated in a number of threads asking for VTT recommendations or about what VTTs folks are currently using. I've used a lot of VTTs over the years and I realize that there are none that I can say I "hate" and even none that I...

Thought I would share this as both a cautionary tale and to see if anyone else has done the same thing and if they were able to resolve it. Living up to my user name, I recently did a blockheaded thing and unlinked my Google account from my DDB account. The only account I left linked was...

Was this covered already? Came out on the 6th, but I didn't see it until today: https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/12/06/how-did-dungeons-and-dragons-win (behind a pay/register wall) The digital article is titled "How did 'Dungeons & Dragons' Win?" In the print version it was titled...

There is another thread (Your Most Useful and Most Used RPG Products) asking about most useful and used RPG products, but it felt like going into online play tools would be a bit of a derailment. So I thought I would start a new thread, specifically for assets used for online play. I'm...

While I'm not that old (early 50s), I'm at the age where I now need reading glasses and my brain increasingly rebels at me trying to cram more TTRPG rules and lore into it. "Dag nab it, you still expect me to keep up with constantly changing law and technology and then come home and try to...

Before event registration opens, you can add events to your "wish list". I appears that once event-registration goes live, you can click a button to process your wish list. You can order your wish list and are encouraged to put events you are more interested in higher on the list. For anyone...

Yesterday, Foundry published a new Article on the Cosmology of the Ember Setting. Ember is the forthcoming Kickstarter project by Foundry to create an entire setting, game system, and adventure purpose built for the Foundry VTT. While the cosmology itself is fairly standard fantasy fare, what...

For those of you who have been running Warhammer Fantasy RPG 4e in Foundry, how should I be using the "role" and assigned crew members in a vehicle's character sheet? E.g., a river barge. It looks like I am expected to create the roles myself, and it is cool that I can do so, but are there...

TL;DR: how do you determine distances in the Empire? How do you track time, especially for longer journeys between main adventure locations? I really like the Travel rules presented in the companion to the Enemies in Shadows adventure book. It works similar to downtime rules. It abstracts the...

After five years of running a sandbox campaign, I now find myself running a large adventure path. I'm finding that I'm having a bit of trouble adjusting to this--mostly in the form of some anxiety over committing the "sin" of railroading the players. First: I have never run a long campaign...

I've spent far too many hours over the years reading threads in ENWorld dissecting adventures, debating the ideal adventure design and layout, and complaints and advice regarding how to run an engaging adventure, often with calls for more tools and support for DMs in published adventures. I...

This is basically a variant of the "that would be a good name for a punk band" game. A few phrases have jumped out at me in the threads that made me think, "if that was the name of a TTRPG, I would be inclined to check it out." So, I figured, I would document these in a thread. Post your...

Hi all, I'm running a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4e campaign, but this question isn't really specific to the system. For those who are interested with the system-specific mechanical background read the text in the spoiler tag. For everyone else, I just want some ideas of things that could...

I should think of a better word than "dumbest", but I just got off work and am tired. Also, I'm going through all my recurring expenses and recent purchase history as I currently have to rent in another city from my family, had to buy a second car, and drive 678 mile round trip to visit my...