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I’m going to be doing a RPGs in 2025 review this Sunday on my talk show! Here are my notes! My 2025 Released City of Arches Released 22 City of Arches supplements on Patreon Released the 5e Artisanal Database Ran 110 games in 2025 (3x5e, D&D 2014, and Tales of the Valiant) Finished a 20 level...

I've been poking at this huge thread and only today, while waiting to get a filling put into my tooth, did I bother to read some of it – maybe three or four of the 33 pages. Anyway, some initial thoughts. We can offer GM advice without telling GM's that it's too hard. Instead, it's about...

Everyone had different potion drinking rules, which was a big laugh for everyone really. Some could drink it as a bonus action (D&D 2024), some only as an action (D&D 2014), and some with a bonus action because of some ability they had (A5e). You used spells from your book so a fireball for the...

Indeed, I had a 1st to 20th level 3x5e game where we used a mix of Level Up Advanced 5e, D&D 2024, and D&D 2014. It went fine. We used just the core books so I didn't have a million subclasses come in. I shared my experiences here: If I were doing it again, I'd have one core set of rules at...

Oof!!

I love it! It reminds me a bit of Professor Dungeon Master's Ultimate Dungeon Terrain – a circular disk version with the rings denoting distance.

no, what was the other error?

I added 1 ferocity to the goblin / worg in the first encounter and it worked well for six characters. dangerous and scary.

For dragonbane veterans, if you have more than four or five players, should you give monsters more ferocity?

Yeah, I actually did some translations of Ereb Altor lore and got the Luminous Path out of it but it looks like I'll have to make up a handful of others.

The books themselves are the things to read.

Thank you!

I think the Shadowdark Quick Start is complete. Shadowdark isn't a game with color maps and miniatures and all that jazz. Sure, dice, maybe. But beyond that, I think it has all you need beyond some index cards maybe.

I think the Shadowdark Quickstart pack is enough on its own. I bring it to conventions and run it a lot. I think it's great.

I definitely am. I still think Shadowdark is the best gateway into D&D and RPGs.

I think that's more evidence that its popularity is high than that it's marketing is working. Causality is hard!

I know. I love Shadowdark. But if I were WOTC, I'd consider a single volume D&D basic book that leans more heroic versus dark and dangerous.

D&D Basic edition (I can dream).

Yeah, I'm not convinced anyone really knows how to get a special angle on RPG marketing other than having prices high enough to afford spending a lot of money on Facebook ads. I'm happy to be wrong!

The separation of heritage and lineage is in TOV too and isn't in either of the D&D 5e versions.