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Dagnabbit! I had been wondering if the Clark Ashton Smith estate was open to ttrpgs again. Evidently they were put off from licensing ttprgs in the past. No idea, but I am betting it was either an unfamiliarity with industry or whoever got the license ghosted them and never made the product...

They just lost two huge pieces of that with Perkins and Crawford leaving. I could be totally wrong but I feel like between WotC being used as a career stepping stone for the suits and an even higher level of disdain for the game designer, all sense of history and past mistakes is lost. Then...

I've lost track of the revolving door of CEOs. Which administration started Sigil up? Was that the same team that thought D&D Beyond subscriptions was the key to profits?

When Worlds of Wonder went digital with Ticket to Ride, they noticed a "reverse funnel" where people who learned played the digital version bought the board game to share with their family (and had already learned the best strategies for the game.) Over the years, Battletech has also gotten so...

The comments I see from Swedish gamers is that in their own backyard, Riot Minds has a reputation for great art and presentation. Not so much for game design.

Didn't SJG already try that? I could be wrong but my impression was that it didn't really rekindle the GURPS flame.

Say you don't know gamers without saying you know gamers! I'll get gaming value out of that wizard mini I painted in 8th grade until they pry it out of my cold, arthritic hands! :ROFLMAO: True story; I knew a dude, as a player, push the GM to run Forgotten Realms so he could bring egg crates...

Ah, the memories. Flight 13 was a classic horror module. Also lots of fun with the PCs in our modern paranormal game: A time-marooned veritech pilot A psionic eco terrorist An Indiana Jones carrying a ton of charms A retired cop

I loved the minimalist setting of the Misty Vale. Lots of room to make the campaign mine. I also get that some gamers want more for their world building like Truvang - plus the art is amazing.

A classic. Just bought a new copy that was sitting on a store shelf just last year.

I have a friend who has Trudvang in each game system and he played in my year long DB campaign, so this is an auto buy for him. Even better they tapped the same artist for some new art! While DB actually got me into ducks, I understand the vibe as that was why I never tried Tunnels and Trolls...

The Bundle of Holding is also doing the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park ttrpg.

I 100% agree with you and it would irk me each time I heard it on a video or read it. The top irk for me, though, was calling the core box a "starter" box when it is a full game with a full campaign.

One of the common remarks among DB reviewers was a lack of a fully detailed setting in the core box. While I think FL's minimalist setting was by design and I'm fine with it, it is clear others expect a new game to also deliver a fully fleshed out setting.

Deepest condolences to his family. Loved his columns here and on Forbes.

I ended up having some generic locations prepped with maps and then a section of generic NPCs to quickly pull out. I could have quickly created a random encounter chart if I needed it. The big thing is that I didn't do it all at once. Just a map here or there over the weeks.

For fiction, I've often heard of the bottom-up also called pantsing. As in, "By the seat of my pants." I imagine some genre authors do a bit of both. World building as top-down and then the plot is pants, or visa versa.

The update now has its own EN World article. https://www.enworld.org/threads/psion-receives-updates-in-new-unearthed-arcana.715563/

I’d also nominate Savage Worlds which has detailed vehicular combat rules to include a turning template.

In Dragonbane, poor sleep is NOT a minor inconvenience. It haunts you until you get some rest.