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The most recent one was in a supplemental side aventure to Descent into Avernus called Encounters in Avernus:

I've had multiple cases where I was running a published adventure that called for an attack during a Long Rest. That obviously gets negated by Tiny Hut.

Makes me wonder if they had some big-ticket donors lined up in advance. Or possibly they were out courting them while the KS was running.

But the premise is also that the hypothetical new game is "innovative" and strays further from 2014 5E than 2024 5E does. For those who like 2014 5E, it's a confusing premise.

5E 2014 is pretty darn close to my preferred playstyle. I can't imagine a more self-consciously "innovative" game getting closer.

Is that quote from the 2014 or 2024 DMG? The 2014 rules made the distinction between "scrolls" (which anyone could read) and "spell scrolls" (which have to be on your class's spell list). But then there was only, like, one mention ever of a "scroll" (the scroll of protection). Pretty much every...

I always thought this was a terrible idea from the moment I heard it was going to be super-detailed graphically. It just seems to work against the imagination element of D&D. But I have sympathy for those who were excited about it.

I stand corrected, then. Guess that is why I've seen Kickstarters withdrawn in their first week.

I know most Kickstarters make most of their money toward the end. Maybe that will happen here?

I kinda think if this was going to happen, it already would have. I won't say it never can, but it doesn't seem likely (to me) to start soon because the zeitgeist moment has kind of passed.

I'm curious about all these unique playstyles that will soon be unplayable due to corporate greed. I'd love to hear from some of these endangered players before this valuable game lore is lost for good!

The comments to the post you linked have suggestions on how to make a young spiderdragon. And I found an ancient spiderdragon here:

If you want Mystara in 5E, this fan-created guide is very thorough: https://www.enworld.org/threads/revised-mystara-players-guide-free-setting-guide-written-using-the-wotc-fan-creation-license.690286/

A reminder that the guidelines say 6-8 encounters, not 6-8 combats. Anything that potentially uses some limited resources (such as spell slots) can be an encounter. Also, I would bet there have been in-game days with 6-8 combats in the case of a dungeon crawl.

With the fragmentation of the market after the OGL debacle, I think you'll be seeing the number of 5E products taper off, at least somewhat.

You're not wrong. Best way around this I can think of is to make the boss inaccessible or impossible to damage until some other threat(s) has been dealt with, effectively chaining two fights together. Bonus points if the boss can damage the party while they do this.

Most of the "badwrongfun" arguments I've seen on this forum since 2014 have been complaining about 5E.

And not infrequently also inflicting the poisoned condition. I know I've run monsters like that quite recently, though admittedly I don't remember whether they came from the official MM or not.

Not sure what you mean by this. Poisons in both the 2014 and 2024 version of 5E frequently inflict the poisoned condition, which means disadvantage on attack rolls. That is no joke.