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  1. Jolly Ruby

    D&D General Planning a D&D editions tour

    As a 50th anniversary celebration I'm planning a tour across past D&D editions with my players. I want to run a short-ish module for each edition, preferably a "classic" one like Keep on the Borderlands, using just the core rulebooks. The candidates are: OD&D: honestly, I'm skipping this one...
  2. Jolly Ruby

    D&D 5E What are the highlights of D&D 5th edition for you?

    With 5th edition reaching its 10th anniversary and the last two adventures before the 2024's revision soon to be released, I invite you to revisit the last decade of D&D and think about this question: what were the highlights of 5th edition? The best adventures, the best sourcebooks, the...
  3. Jolly Ruby

    Throw me your best definition of "TTRPG"

    I will introduce some folks to TTRPGs this Saturday, and while I think I can give a good explanation of "what's a TTRPG" to someone who never played any before, it got me thinking. So, as a fun though experiment, I ask you: what would be the best definition of TTRPG if you were explaining it for...
  4. Jolly Ruby

    OSR Using Shadowdark quickstart to run The Waking of Willowby Hall. Any thoughts?

    My girlfriend wants me to help her introduce her friends to TTRPGs, and I agreed running an one-shot. She tasked me with some very specific requests: She wants me to run D&D (any edition) or some adjacent fantasy game (like OSR games and Pathfinder). The players expressed they want to have...
  5. Jolly Ruby

    Sell me on (or out) Traveller

    I'm a SF fan and I heard a lot about Traveller, but I still don't know how the game plays. What are the game loops? What kind of characters you can create? What kind of adventures and stories should I expect? What do I spend most of my time doing in a game session? If you think Traveller is a...
  6. Jolly Ruby

    D&D General How to reboot the Forgotten Realms (+)

    Maybe it's an unpopular opinion lately, but I actually like the Forgotten Realms setting. However, every time I start a campaign set in the Realms I see myself going back to the Old Grey Box. The amount of lore current FR has is overwhelming, and I think it would benefit from a reboot (soft or...
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