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They publish an amazing amount of stuff for such a small company. I am enjoying their work.

I am reading this now and I think it is some of the best world-building I've seen in a very long time.

For what it's worth, I think the narrative-mechanical see-saw hinges on how players play their characters, and what the rule set allows them to do. If I want to be a pirate, for example, a more mechanical-orientated game might give me a subclass with certain pirate abilities, reactions, bonus...

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Hello, friends. I recently purchased Path of the Planebreaker from Monte Cook Games, and I am wondering if anyone has experience using it. I am not going to run it with 5e, so there will be some modifications necessary (the first of which is, what system will I run it with? Dungeon Crawl...

Preach.

Besides Dark Tower, which OAR is DCC as well as 5e?

I have the OAR Keep on the Borderlands, which is a very nice book. I wish they had done a DCC conversion, but I understand why they made it 5e. 5e is where the money is.

I bought it--the books for DCC--because I am weak and I am daring my wife to divorce me.

Listening to the pod. Dragonbane is based on Chaosium's BRP system. The original designer was an intern at Chaosium, and took their game system back to Sweden with him in the early 80s. We've just done a trial-campaign (like 9 sessions) and everyone really liked it! @tabletopjess You will like it!

I cannot work up any enthusiasm for WotC D&D. I wish I could. Not trying to yuck anyone's yum, but...I just can't.

Thanks, everyone. I really have been doing this a long, long time...but there is always room for improvement, and it's fun to try new things. I have been setting up little situations (as @Whizbang Dustyboots helpfully reminded me) instead of big long plots. I'll let you all know how it goes!

My friend, you need to try DCC....:p

Yeah, DCC is a different bird for sure. I've run it a few times, but this will be my first long campaign. I'm trying to let the game's mechanics and vibe guide my creation. Key word: WEIRD @SlyFlourish is the man. I use his concepts and stuff all of the time!

Friends, I am beginning to plan a sword&sorcery campaign using the Dungeon Crawl Classics rules, with a little bit of their Lankhmar stuff thrown in. One of the things I keep telling myself is to not over plan, and to let some of the story occur naturally. There is a certain amount of randomness...

It's all a matter of preference. Some people like a game with a lot of mechanics, while others prefer a more narrative game with the rules in the background (for the most part). Some folks like grid combat with minis, others prefer theatre of the mind. Or, you can go for a Goldilocks feel ("not...

I am a huge fan of Chaosium Games, and I often wonder why you good folks don't get the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine on a VTT like Roll20? This system has the highest interoperability of any game I know of--high fantasy, low fantasy, science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic, etc. If...

Again, in my experience, I have found the lack of pre-determined character components/mechanics to be a good spur for player creativity. If you want to be a pirate, act like a freaking pirate. There is no pirate character kit that tells you how to mechanically be...piratey.

I'm not sure. I know there is a lot of stuff being published on Drivethru for Call of Cthulhu and Runequest, so...?