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Friday, 21 March 2025

Are 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?







Wednesday, 19 March 2025

The 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?





Thursday, 6 March 2025

Did 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




Friday, 28 February 2025

Hasbro 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.




Tuesday, 18 February 2025

D&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 


https://youtu.be/JjEbbqf1so4 




Wednesday, 12 February 2025

RPGnet'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)!






Thursday, 30 January 2025

"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 the real problem: a leftist DM!