Zak is Back? Also, More Baptism of Fire Design Notes
Not all #OSR rulesets are just "B/x clones". My own OSR rules in Lion & Dragon / Baptism of Fire have very specific & radical differences.Also, is Zak S making a comeback?#dnd #ttrpg #osr
View ArticleWotC Confirms All-In on VTT
The only thing I like more than being proven right is being proven right almost immediately. The latest from Hasbro shows they're done with books. #wotc #dnd #ttrpg #osr
View ArticleWretched Bastards
I review Wretched Bastards, a game by the Red Room, which is based not on Conan, but on those B-grade Conan knockoffs of pulp fantasy.#ttrpg #dnd #OSR
View ArticleStupid Dungeons are not "Mythic"
Stupid dungeons are not "mythic", though they can have their place, just like "naturalist" dungeons; but in this video I talk about what real Mythic dungeons would look like.#dnd #osr #ttrpg
View ArticleMedieval Authentic Treasure
Want to make your adventurer's treasure, and magic items, more medieval authentic? Here's how! #dnd #ttrpg #osr
View ArticleThe Braunstein Misappropriation
On the recent controversy about Braunsteins, an early influence on D&D.#dnd #ttrpg #OSR
View ArticleGencon Rejects Woke, Hasbro Accepts AI
Gencon fires one of its most Woke areas, while Hasbro is going more open on AI.#dnd #ttrpg #osr
View ArticleWas 5e D&D Ultimately a Failure?
5e D&D is now over. I examine whether D&D was a success or failure, from a business perspective, a design goals perspective, and in terms of its long-term impact on the hobby.#dnd #ttrpg...
View ArticleThe New D&D PHB: Hit or Flop?
Some recent reports claim the 2024 D&D PHB has sold more than the 5e PHB. Others are claiming the book has barely sold! But hardly anyone noticed how gaming media got its facts wrong. I explain it...
View ArticleThe Best Place to Talk About RPGs
Of the various websites and social media apps that people use to talk about D&D, I make my pitch for what I think is the best one.#dnd #ttrpg #osr
View ArticleThe RPGPundit Encounter Ep4 - The Evil DM
This Sunday, 9pm Eastern time, its Ep4 of "The RPGPundit Encounter"!This time I'll be interviewing The Evil DM, a long-time blogger, youtuber and podcaster in the industry. We'll be talking about the...
View ArticleThe Problem With D&D Magic
DnD magic is just fine, if you're playing in "D&D world". For any other world, it is a barrier to emulation. OSR TTRPGs with settings/genres different from "D&D world" need to adjust accordingly.
View Article"Could You Play D&D With a Leftist?"
After a bunch of social media posts and videos asking "could you play D&D with a Trump supporter?", I've decided to talk about the other side of the argument. And watch the end, where I talk about...
View ArticleRPGnet's Slide Into Idiot-level Tyranny
The history of rpgnet's slide into irrelevance and complete tyranny. And the virtue of a free-speech alternative (therpgsite)!
View ArticleD&D Balance is a Dirty Word
Whether as a DM or a game designer, you get told by "experts" that "game balance" is important. That's wrong; balance will almost always make for a worse experience.#dnd #ttrpg #osr...
View ArticleHasbro Q4 Report Shows OneDnD is a Disaster
The latest Hasbro quarterly report shows that OneDnD is a disaster, and may have been worse than doing nothing at all.
View ArticleDid WotC do a Racism in the Starter Set?
The new 2024-Dungeons & Dragons starter set is full of woke elements, but strangely their most important art piece appears to be very... stereotyped.#dnd #ttrpg #OSR #dnd5e #onednd
View ArticleThe D&D VTT is Doomed (Mass Firings)!
I get to say "I told you so" again, which I love. WotC's VTT D&D project fires 90% of its workers, as the project flounders. Will WotC also keep falling into the money-hole of the failed new edition?
View ArticleAre Milestone XP Systems Bad?
The Theater Kids are fighting with what's left of the BroSR. Are "Milestone" leveling methods better than "gold-for-xp"? Or is there a third option?
View ArticleThe Tragicomic Collapse of 2024 "OneDnD"
As the recently-fired speak up, way more details emerge on the "Office Space" levels of ineptitude that WotC handled 2024 Dungeons & Dragons.
View ArticleThe Most Important Rule Missing From WotC D&D
There were several changes from old to new school rules, but one mechanic in particular was lost that made WotC D&D much worse for its absence. #dnd #ttrpg #OSR #dnd5e
View ArticleCan You Make a Setting Without Humans?
Can you make a setting with no humans? The question, posed to me by my audience, reveals a lot about RPG World building and ttrpg gameplay in general.
View ArticleJeremy Crawford Gone Too, WotC's "brain trust" Now Down to Zero
WotC has no one left who could even try fix things, even if they wanted.
View ArticleShadowdark is a Good Game of a Huge Design Movement of Great Games
5e gamers & influencers are still praising Shadowdark as a singular "work of genius" because they've never heard of the OSR, where Shadowdark got all its ideas. Here I show how SD is entirely...
View ArticleOnly One Game can Replace D&D...
If WotC closes shop, none of the vanity press products of the most popular YouTube influencers are going to replace D&D. There is in fact only one game that can...
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