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The history of most nations is soaked in blood. Some far, far more than others. Pretending that’s not true or “politely” not mentioning it does not change the past. It’s genocide denial and revisionist history to pretend otherwise.

Nope. Because, as you say, the rogue and ranger are the same class with different specializations. Call them both scouts. The rogue is the dungeon/city scout. The ranger is the wilderness scout. If at least they'd split them between melee-focused rogue and ranged-focused ranger they could...

You run into much the same problem when talking about pulp fiction, comic books, or even RPGs with people who aren't invested in those mediums. They are so much more than that Tarantino movie, superheroes, and D&D, respectively.

Doctor Who has always been political. Only the heavy-handedness varies.

I have absolutely no problem depicting colonizers as villains and the colonized as heroes.

Picked up Dungeon Crawler Carl thanks to the glowing recommendations here. It’s off to a great start. The opening reminds me of the start of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy only instead of jumping on a ship with a friendly alien, the main character is thrown into a game of Xcrawl Classics...

“Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they learn why they fear the night.” —Thulsa Doom

I turned it off after the dog scene. Don't care what comes after that.

Simulating reality?

Absolutely. The only improvement on it is Old-School Essentials because it cleaned up and clarified what little needed cleaning up and clarifying.

Exactly. "You don't get to like what you like, you must like what I like." I've had a lot more fun with "eh, just make it up" than I ever have with massive rules tomes. If that bothers someone who's not at my table, that's their problem.

Classic feel. High lethality, combat as war, dungeon crawling, random encounters, shenanigans abound, etc. Modern feel. Story focus, low lethality, character builds as a pillar of play, combat as sport, etc. Classic design. Discrete subsystems abound, use all the dice, etc. Modern design...