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I'm curious about that too. And skeptical. Perhaps it's simply that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

I'm a huge fan of Shadow of the Weird Wizard/Demon Lord. Probably my favorite not-D&D game.

You might want to look at Mike Mearls' Project Moldvay. It's a simplified version of 5E. Not as simple as Shadowdark, perhaps closer to B/X. And it's not a throwback nostalgia game.The vibes are modern. I'm not sure how soon Mearls will crowdfund it (probably later this year) but it's playable...

Session 8: They finished Cavern J but have not yet recovered the treasure in the hidden sarcophagus room. We'll use that as the strong start for our next session.

I guess I forgot to post about session 6. My son (age 6) and daughter (age 9) finished Cave D by defeating the mimic. Super fun monster for kids. Then they returned to the Keep for shopping and socializing. More importantly, they reached level 2. They were happy to get more hit points and spell...

I've am definitely struggling with this. When we play with a map, there's a lot of interceptions. Without, there is not.

I forgot to mention that SotDL has only 4 stats.

Done. Check it out HERE.

At the request of @Whizbang Dustyboots I’ve started this thread to explain what’s unique about 13th Age and Shadow of the Weird Wizard/Demon Lord. I’ve played a 50 session campaign of SotDL and am nearly finished with a 70 session campaign of 13th Age. So I have things to say about both...

I'm hoping this book includes the stats for Felf.

I'm more of an Elmore guy.

Welcome to the suck. I ran a 122 session 5E 2014 campaign that ended with 20th level characters with 7 epic boons. It was a bit much. At high levels, the game doesn't break. But the characters have so many resources that combat takes longer to arbitrate at the same time it takes more enemies...

Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight.

This is advice I posted in a similar thread a while back... Storm King's Thunder can be a great adventure, with some work. I ran a 1-20 level campaign that mashed up Lost Mine of Phandelver, Tyranny of Dragons, and Storm King's Thunder. Sort of. I changed just about everything. But those...

At what point are we going to talk about GAMMA WORLD? I'd be perfectly happy with a 5E version.

A few thoughts on this topic... In 4E, WotC released a two volume campaign setting for the Forgotten Realms. It was hated. They also released a single volume campaign setting for the city of Neverwinter (which is in the Realms). It was loved. My point being, campaign settings can cover a very...

My 13th Age "Eyes of the Stone Thief" campaign just celebrated its 2nd anniversary. We have about 60 sessions done and 10 to go. My next campaign will be a 5.5E Dalelands campaign that should go to about 12th level.

I think a lot of these d20 fantasy games could have been grouped together, but whatever... I voted for 5E (which I've probably played more than any other game at this point), Cortex (I've only played Marvel Heroic Roleplyaing a handful of times but I found the system mind-expanding), and Shadow...

How else can you evaluate it?

Yes. But I almost never see that. It's a combination of unbalanced classes plus system mastery. I have a few players who are always looking for the exploit and a few players who don't make character decisions based on numbers. But every player notices, eventually, when one player is dominant in...