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I need a rules system to be complex enough to be part of the escapism without being overwhelming to the point of being immersion breaking from looking up rulings all the time. I find this usually comes from a deep pool of character options and a moderately robust combat system.

I'm only aware of in-person Adventurer's League nights at a FLGS. Are there virtual organized play options?

Right, sorry I didn't explain it. PuG means pick up game or pick up group.

If we select quick match in a video game lobby, we can expect a different experience than if we join a private lobby with friends. And while joining any TTRPG game is a slower process, I have found it is true that playing a TTRPG with strangers is also a different experience than playing with...

It is hard to talk about modernization of TTRPG'S as a single thing across all the different experiences people want from TTRPG'S. When we talk about modernization, we are talking about trends in design. We might say there's a general trend towards reducing the learning curve, or not tying race...

He revealed a quarterbacking class and a class with unlimited teleportation? I get that his game is founded on tactical and cinematic combat, so having a tactician/leader shouting like a Guild Wars 2 paragon and an assassin that bampfs around like Nightcrawler fit right in, and both are in line...

This game has a lot of stuff that is quite different for me. Instead of characters built out of Lego pieces, it's just, chose/roll for which knight you are, and here's your stuff and your abilities. I am not sure if I like that, as I enjoy spending an inordinate amount of time with character...

I thought at first you were asking for a character build to prove if it was possible within the system. Now I see you are asking how the rules for character creation allow more variety in builds than the fairly restrictive types offer. So I guess my approach to trying to help with these...

Indeed this seems like a great value. I'm looking forward to checking out the quick play materials. Can anyone suggest a link to get an overview of the Shadows of the Demon Lord?

I'll take a look through my pdf this weekend (still waiting on the deluxe book) and try to suggest a RAW character build. But since this turned into something of a review of OGoA thread I wanted to add that after skimming through it, I am thinking there's very little content here - for example...

I think this approach with collecting player feedback both in advance and throughout the design process and having a team of designers is such a great way to go. For anyone looking into this at the end here I would recommend checking out design journal 4 which I think the one that recaps the...

As much as I hate titles with colons, I like a couple of the White Wolf titles. Each evokes the drama your character finds themselves embroiled in. Vampire: the Masquerade. Changeling: the Lost. These titles tell me that the game is about roleplaying within a certain situation. If I can...

I think it can be faulty to think that a bunch of new fantasy TTRPG's is necessarily a good thing. What I see potentially happening is a splintering, which could be bad, ultimately backfire and prove a lot of these current efforts to be heartbreakers, leaving One D&D in a similar position as 5e...

Socially, adventurers tend to group up with other adventurers, and in that way they are recognizing their special status. Everyone has a role to play in society and are expected to contribute what they can, typically by doing what they are good at. Strong people do strong people stuff...

Paraphrasing from a KP livestream/AMA that's going now (for PBF): it was a conscious decision to do smaller playtest packets releasing the whole thing is just too much to digest people can be less inclined to propose changes - everything can seem set in stone (with bigger, more complete...