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Back in 2016 D&D 5 had already crushed 3.5, (per Mike Mearls), and it's become even more popular since then.

The type of magic is also a factor. In a RuneQuest campaign every character can wield it, but the effects are more granular than in D&D, and there are several flavors of magic to keep things interesting.

I didn't find the original Twilight: 2000 overly complex, but that's likely because I came to it after running multiple Aftermath! campaigns. For a long time that was for me the standard for high complexity. Years later I ran Twilight: 2013, which is probably the most complex game I've ever...

I've played and run both Fate Core and FFG Star Wars. In broad terms, I think of Fate Core as providing narrative control to players at a strategic level. Players use the Fate Point economy to manipulate the overall flow of the story. The FFG mechanics operate at a tactical level. Narrative...

You actually learned how to play from Wes Ives? That's awesome. I was big into FGU games back in the day. Like many here, I learn best by way of a brief introduction, followed by a lot of experimentation. I find I'm a "just in time" learner, meaning that for me the material has to have some...

What a great post! As a kid I spent many long days at the beach catching wave after wave without any gear. There is something very powerful about that feeling of self-reliance, the knowledge that the fun is really coming from you, from what you bring to the beach/game table/life.

Nice to see T2000 getting some love. Nice writeup!