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I mostly run open-world sandboxes. Play lives and dies with player and PC goals. But at no point have my players told me they lost the...

Monopoly is a lot like thermonuclear war in that the only way to win is not to play at all.

It's a matter of degree. Being sad about losing a character is one thing. Being so worried about it that you feel it can't happen in the...

Ok, I think I start seeing a pattern here now. I really think it might be something essential to unpack in the word "traditional". In...

Yeah, loss conditions tend to be things like "the demon is summoned," "the capital falls," "our political rival is elected," and the...

As I said, in the post immediately before yours, I think the players being able to decide on their goals is one of the primary...

If I ever switched to the 2024 rules (unlikely) and a player wanted to play a half-elf, a half-orc or, honestly, any other race that fit...

Agreed. Specifically in the 5E spell description: 1. "Your familiar acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands."...

So we had our first extended combat session this Sunday, and it went well. Our party is a human Mariner, halfling Mage, elven Hunter and...

No it does not. Or, have you never lost playing solitaire?

You can lose in a tournament module. (You can, I won't.)

Is it possible to do dungeon crawls in PbtA? Yes. See Dungeon World. More specifically, see Perilous Wilds which is probably one of the...

I disagree. Smart play has a much bigger impact than optimization (at least, in the RPGs I play) so whether or not the characters are...

Note: If I don't have the book, then I will definitely need a citation for any explicit or author-stated 4e influence. Additionally...

Wrath and Glory: Blood and Promethium. Heroes now mighty beyond measure!