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From Owen Stephens: Owen KC Stephens 20h · Well, it's official. I have cancer. This was expected at this point. We'll proceed to form a plan for care. [EDIT] Obviously this is going to create yet-more medical bills. Wanna help? This bundle is designed to raise money to help me cover...

I'm just pimping for Jason Harvey, a friend of mine, who does RPG/Fantasy art if you're interested--https://imgur.com/Gn1QRNV The only way I know to contact him is through Discord: ApocNizmith#3922

It really grinds my gears when people who played [A]D&D in the early days describe their style as if it were the way it was played. I've been listening to people say that the game was, you made a couple characters, started in front of a dungeon and went in. The dungeon was always generated...

When Elmore/Easley/Brom/et. al. left TSR, the soul left with them.

As the title says. Just looking to expand my horizons. Try to limit yourself to a couple paragraphs and don't make it into a TL;DR if at all possible. :)

A metal detectorist is suing the FBI, claiming he alerted them to 7 tons of Civil War-era gold and they took it away in a secret overnight dig The FBI, which went to Dents Run after sophisticated testing suggested tons of gold might be buried there, has long insisted the dig came up empty...

This is the third part of an exploration I wrote a while back on the Hero's Journey as it relates to RPG's. This was prompted in part by a recent video posted by Heath's Geekverse on the same subject. Here is a link to the first post. Here is a brief TL;DR summary: There actually isn't a...

There's a lot of spam getting through. I'm sure you're aware. A bunch of eastern characters. Couldn't tell you if it's chinese, japanese, korean... I don't know if you have an easy way to use sms authentication or at least make new users wait until after being verified to post something. Just...

What might you do if hypothetically you were designing a new RPG to have a wider range of results, with higher highs and lower lows? How might you make the characters start out flawed and [semi/demi]human? How could heroes in this pretend RPG advance to high ranks and eventually into legend? And...

Who other than literally everyone probably hates RPG puzzles? I like them, because I like to have some aspect of player challenge, but not something that's too hard to solve. I know, the puzzles should be solved by the characters, not the players, which is what I strive for. Puzzles and brain...

This is the second part of an exploration I wrote a while back on the Hero's Journey as it relates to RPG's. This was prompted in part by a recent video posted by Heath's Geekverse on the same subject. Here is a link to the first post. Here is a brief TL;DR summary: The hero's journey...

I get fairly annoyed when I see someone call xyz game or aspect of that game “broken,” especially when talking about major releases that have been tested to the nth degree. It does however pique my curiosity about what is a genuinely broken mechanic vs. absurd and unlikely circumstances fomented...

I'm just throwing a message out again for anybody interested in playing with our group. I currently don't have much focus as our boat is still rocking as it tries to correct course from the whole what-have-you. The plan going forward though is to try some different RPG's. We will be conducting...

Heath's Geekverse recently did a video on this, and I had an old writing that has been sitting on the backburner that I thought I'd share for comment and constructive criticism. Here is a link to the second post. Here is a TL;DR summary: The hero's journey has a formulaic narrative structure...

I've been monkeying around with some ideas. One thing I'm toying with is what an RPG without levels would look like. I'm trying to see if it's feasable to take the idea of a "level" and sort of divide it up into its constituent components that a player can "buy." Like if you thought of a...

Is it appropriate to float game design ideas on this forum and if so where should such discussions be posted? Thank you for your assistance in advance.

Can't say much but I just moments ago submitted my very SECOND professionally contracted contribution to ANOTHER d&d thingy in as many weeks! Heck of a birthday gift if I might say so myself! It was a twofer! It was a one-two punch! Pow! I'm honestly not really sure but I assume both these...

Sorry if this is a dumb question, and also for my foot-in-mouth disease if it is, just wondering if there's a site wide rules list here somewhere that makes searches aren't finding?

Can't say much but I just moments ago submitted my very first professionally contracted dnd thingy. Now I just have to hope that the production doesn't evaporate, or that my submission doesn't get laughed out of the book. Wish me luck. 🤣

The title is unfortunately sensationalistic and perhaps bordering on clickbaity but the content is rock solid. It's time for Wizards to back down on "deauthorizing" 1.0a. This path is going to lead to disaster. TRILLIONS at Risk: The Strategy to DEFEAT Hasbro and WotC in their Attack on Open...