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I think vtt will be used more and more with us "older" generations. (That sounds so wrong in my ears as I still feel 20 something when interacting as a gamer)Having done both, tabletop is by far the more enjoyable, but the reality of getting people even in the same town together is the reason...

I had a similar sentiment back in the day. If we hadn't, home-brewed the game I was running, restricting classes, kits and weapons, and instead allowed all the kits that was coming out I think our group would have given it away earlier than we did. As it is, I had one more run of 2e with new...

I've run a low magic in 2e before and found their is little that had to be done. Finding spells to learn was hard, some of the low level adventures was following a rumour of a spell book. The negative social aspect of a magic user, sent party packing from several villages hunting down the witch...

The World Turns 2ed will be the game of choice, mainly from nostalgia reasons I believe for a generation of players, myself included. Watching the younger generations, and seeing the changes in the way they think I dont believe it will ever return. Too many other good options coming through the...

Rufus I would play Rufus in a heartbeat in AD&D, and have no concerns about being incompetent. The characters growing on me and I find myself unconsciously already formulating background. A fighter that hates combat is classic, doesn't stop him being good at it, barring the melee skills are not...

I have been following a thread, where some diametrically opposing views on how a D&D (non specific on edition) should be played. The Power gaming faction wants to exclude characters and even their weapon choices f they aren't max out to the most powerful possible, even down to calling character...

Great to have a critique from another experienced DM that has played with these ideas. I think I never found the whole morale process too complicated, probably due to very astute players. After they routed a stronger force, which I had originally designed to get the players to withdraw from, as...

Incompetent Character? I am struggling with the two dimensional attitudes a huge proportion of players have towards role playing. The game sets down min attributes a character can have which by definition sets the range of what constitutes "incompetent". Min/max focussed players show a level of...

As a long time DM of 2ED I have been looking at interest on varied opinions of the new 5E game. One of the key topics of discussion is the rulings instead of rules attitude which I believe for an experienced DM is a breath of fresh air. One of the area that has come up in the 2ED game was...

Stats are more than just mechanics Glad to see someone else recognising stats are more than just a game mechanic. I regularly use intelligence checks or wisdom checks for players who aren't necessarily bright enough to see the obvious, but whose "character" certainly is. Conversely a player who...

I support your assessment. The best game I design revolved around the fact the players were outclassed, and hidden purpose of the game was not the simple task set down, but to find out why they were outclassed, and gather intel to get assistance. It took another 8 levels before they wre even...

2ed for about 2 yrs on custum IRC platform. Though not the ame fglavour as tabletop it did have some advantages. Private messaging allowed for a much more interctive experience with the players- especially when they got sepearated

i Liked the fact infravision is not perfect. Minor details couldn't be seen. I ended up changing elven vision to ultravision just to give it a twist. I had players bringing glow worms to allow them to see underground. And range was shocking.

As a DM in 1ed 2ed I like to encourge players to use historical taactics to give "real" feeling to game play. I do find the rules need to be stretched to reward this type of play. A classic eample is te traditional hield wall. Once 2 or m shields are used, I start using cover modificatins 25%...

Gnomes Get Much More Interesting when you realise they arent nice Gnomes in my world were feared by most other radces. The magic of illusion combined with a p3nchant for laying traps,and a total lack of care for any race that isn,t a gnome makes them dangerius. Dwarves are brash and relatively...