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Rumours, speculation and hearsay? "Interesting" at least.

What makes it your favorite? Do you want to play it? If so, what’s keeping you from doing it?...

Bonus points for any non-D&D or D&D derivative systems....

...and why haven't you run it yet? :D

Looking to recreate the feel of Firefly, The Outer Worlds, The Expanse, or similar, in a ttrpg that is somewhat leaning to the hard sci fi side. Any thoughts?...

If it's a PbtA please expand on your system of choice!...

So as the newest edition of the year is about to roll-out, what are your RPG plans ? Play more ? Less ? Try another game ? Finish a long campaign ?

ChatGPT has been a lifeline for me as a GM with little spare time to prep and far too grand ambitions for the scale and scope of (D&D) campaign I want to run. I'm curious how other GMs have found ChatGPT and similar AI tools useful or helpful in running their own games. I'll share my own workflow below as a comment, and I hope...

What about the idea which at first looks pretty cool but end-up at worst not bringing anything to the game at worst being boring to play ?

What's your favorite tip or trick for running games?

I keep reading over various internets communities, how being a GM is hard, how player are ungrateful spoiled kids, and how much GM struggles....

I am looking for a game system for a modern urban fantasy campaign that I have built. The world is as if a standard fantasy world exists in 2023 on Earth. I am having difficulty finding a system I think would do this style of campaign justice, and could really use some help....

I just discovered Kobold Press’s Black Flag Role Playing system and Tales of the Valorant game being made. I had no idea that was a thing....

Hi friends! To do my small part for the TTRPG fediverse, I resurrected an old RPG blog rss aggregator I ran about 10 years ago and refreshed it with some GPT-based summarization. You can find it right here:...

The question is discussed in this podcast episode....

Pretty sure it happened to everyone, you lacked time to prep tonight session, and now the first player just arrived...

I would like to talk a little bit, and hear your opinions, on something not too often mentioned when discussing action resolution mechanics and processes in tabletop roleplaying games. That is when during the process you do the roll. The endpoints on that spectrum can be called Go then Roll and Roll then Go. At their extremes...

Full post on Reddit. Final paragraphs:...

End of the year is coming, so let’s talk about our 2023 RPG year. Was their any great moment? Nice discovery? Projects finally achieved/started?

Pretty short and sweet, how do you successfully narrate travel between points of interest as a GM without it being all hurky-jerky?...

When I say "RPG material," I mean things like statblocks, classes, etc.

Just a general conversation thread,...

What would it mean to take a traditional, linear story and adapt it to your gaming table?