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How is the new game going? Are there many people playing it? I must admit I haven't been following it but I might investigate it now. Surely it can't be too bad if it gets the backing of Perkins/Crawford?

That's a fair point. I guess to feel like you're a part of something that is a "contemporary" system that's being supported and updated. And hopefully the new system will be a cleaner more streamlined experience.

That would be a bit of a turn off if it were too "spreadsheety". But I guess it would be hard to write a system on domain management without it involving some kind of bookkeeping.

Thanks for all the info, folks! What about the short rest/long rest paradigm? Does it have a mechanic like that? And what about healing? Does it implement anything to mitigate magical healing being abused? For example Worlds Without Number has a System Strain mechanic to help with this, I...

[I know this is a banned RPG on a couple of sites. I don’t know the full details of why it’s banned but I’m currently investigating to make an informed decision. For the purposes of this thread, though, I’d just like to learn more about the game system. I will do my own research on the...

OK, thanks, guys. Sounds like it's really geared up for heavy-metal, mighty-thewed, sword and sorcery action.

What's a good setting to run DCC in? Would I be correct in saying that it's got a heavy metal sword and sorcery vibe? Some D&D settings I haven't run yet are Mystara and Dark Sun. Would it work with any of those?

I wonder if it would help if Goodman Games asked Bledsaw Jnr to come out in the public and: a) disavow the 2020 comments b) promise all moneys to be refunded from previous failed Kickstarter

Has Bledsaw Jr ever made an attempt to apologise or denounce his 2020 comments? How much of the funds of the unfulfilled 2014 Kickstarter were spent?

I think the city map needs an update. All the shops are clustered together in tight blocks showing a labyrinth of interior rooms. Reminds me of the city maps in the old SSI computer games. I would like to see the city showing the roof tops like in today’s RPG city maps. Then, if they want to...

Is there a default setting or is it mainly a toolbox to create your own game? I'd like to learn more about the default setting if there is one.

Yep, I was thinking something similar. You could say the sea of silt is like some psychic memory of Mother Earth (or Athas equivalent) that won't let go. This psychic memory has stirred up all the silt and now it stands in for the oceans of old in a world without water - ghost seas if you like.

I had some Dark Sun questions but also some hypothetical questions applied to our own Earth for science-minded folk: 1) Would the oceans of silt in Dark Sun blow up a lot of dust into the atmosphere? Maybe so much so that the sun would be blocked out? 2) Do the oceans of silt in Dark Sun have...

Will it use the GURPS system?

Is he saying D&D started being uncool when the OGL was released 25 years ago with 3E? Why is he lamenting there's no 3rd party products for 5.5E? Doesn't that require an OGL - which he thinks made D&D uncool?