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I finally tried the box set battle map with a dry erase marker and it wiped off, which surprised me as the map does not have a glossy finish.

As it was not obviously laminated, I was too scared to try. The map that comes with the stand alone Dragonbane standee packs, though, is obviously laminated and does both wet and dry. Regardless, the box is stuffed with stuff and a great value.

I like the naga art.

For my experience, 4e seemed to be a better fit for their version of GW than D&D. One knife allows a rogue to spew out a cone of knives?!? OTH: Mutant abilities can do weird things all day.

Was that the funky one with the collectable cards? I thought it was fun and great for one-shots, which it seemed engineered to do. I use the cardboard tokens for sci-fi games to this day.

Yeah, this sort of reminds me of how Edge Studios is the ttrpg arm of anything Asmodee, especially from former Fantasy Flight IPs. By outsourcing all the non-D&D ttrpgs, they don't get judged by the same expectations and numbers as they do with D&D. I cynically assume this is because full time...

After reading this bit of news, it seems that WotC is trying to thread that needle between trying to provide that same smaller studio passion but have larger company backing with having Renegade do any Hasbro ttrpg not directly tied to D&D...

The majority of publishers are also the community, so while this article may not speak directly to you, it matters to more folks than you know.

I don't equate complexity with Sim, more with consistency, ala Champions was not realistic but it's complexity supported it's internal philosophy and comic book "physics." Also, Kriegsspiel is knows that in later years many of Prussian referees eventually skipping detailed rules and using their...

Perhaps the second most common misconception reviewers had about DB was that the Misty Vale setting was “incomplete” by accident vs being bare bones by design. The first was reviewers calling the stuffed boxed core set a starter set instead.

Funny enough, I have a player who is big number good who dislikes subtracting for Cypher but enjoys rolling under for Dragonbane.

I was anti-duck until Egerkrans art. All the old Runequest stuff seemed more like nightmare fuel (probably because it was trying to be more realistic as compared to embracing the cartoony vibe.) Mallards and Wolfkin are usually the most popular kin at my tables but players are seldom goofy...

I find this discussion a bit more useful than the one time a fellow tried to pitch the industry only had two categories, "Professional" which was WotC and Piazo, and "Indie" which was everyone else. If found this bizarre on several different levels, never mind the "Professional' tier was based...

I appreciate they offered a solution to the solo boss monster fight. Such monsters are automatically immune to some effects and spells, their actions - ranging from fear effects to damage - and automatic and they act at least twice if not more so per combat turn to keep apace in the action economy.

You can also make a book by piling sentences into it. One of the biggest problem at the moment is not that AI can make things. it is that the bean counters, not the artists, are deciding when AI content is "good enough," by how much money they save, not if it was actually a great product. And...

Yep. My personal headcanon for that commercial was, "And now your work for the day is done! You can leave now!" (and pick up your pinkslip on the way out the door.) Didn't pinkslips originate as a way for a company to give YOU two-weeks notice?

It's why I found Kobold's Empire of Ghouls campaign disappointing on a certain level as it became clear the arc was trying two serve to masters, provide an in-depth guide to the empire AND also give a tour of the Midgard's different regions. The concept kinda worked since the empire has a far...

As for the English, Alpha version of the Book of Magic, I like what I see so far. The variety of magic and introduction of familiars is what DB needed. Harmonism, though, seems to make the Musician ability a bit more like an optional class. Either you can spend less WP but now you essentially...

I guess this is more about my style than the adventure but in my second campaign, Troll Spire was fondly remembered more for the NPC than the puzzle trap. I did have an ace up my sleeve for her funny voice.