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Message: <blockquote data-quote="abirdcall" data-source="post: 7759220" data-attributes="member: 6748898">What do we mean by heavy though?D&D 5e is a gateway game. There are millions of new players, who aren't hobby gamers, who are playing it.I am familiar with the scale of light-heavy from boardgames. Perhaps it is used differently with RPGs.Not all light games are gateway games, but all gateway games are light.Obviously RPGs are different than boardgames and need to be categorized by different metrics. I just wonder if we all mean the same thing with light-heavy. I don't know what people mean by it when applying it to RPGs.The way 5e plays is certainly much lighter than 3e. It is designed so that players don't need to look up any rules during play. Just go with what the table deems reasonable and move on - that is probably the rule anyway. The adventures are super easy to pick up and play. When I DM I don't even read very much, I just go along with it as we play.</blockquote>