Recent content by Reynard

Which means no new art or writing. Or music. Or acting. Stagnation. Death.

Legit:

In a bit of unexpectedly good news, my Monday group -- which has sort of been on haitus for a bit since our Vecna campaign fell apart -- has agreed to give Daggerheart another go!

I would guess that there are more than a few RPG grifters producing that shovelware -- those same people glutting Kickstarter with half based supplements by people you never heard of emulating some video game or another. Currently DTRPG at least has a ban on AI written content, right? And you...

No one cares what anyone does for their home campaign. There will undoubtedly be a tsunami of commercial gaming products using GenAI art and writing, and we will all be poorer for it. If you thought the d20 glut was bad, hold on to your buts.

I just started Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. I have not read a Larson book in a while; I really love the way he writes narrative non-fiction. Devil in the White City is good, of course, but my favorite book by him is In The Garden of Beasts. The turn of the 20th century is a really interesting...

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Thanks. Really, I just want to know what play looks like without dedicated 4 hours to an AP.

Do you think corporations will not leverage GenAI in order to speed production and reduce costs? People that us GenAI for end results are not artists. GenAI is not creative, it is algorithmic. It can only emulate creativity. Without new actual art made by humans, it will stagnate and...

What is the best "learn how to play Draw Steel" YT video (or channel)?

Presumably, we are talking about a group of friends. It would seem strange to me that if one of my friends was really interested in trying something new, that I would veto them. For what? Because I couldn't trade a few sessions of my favorite half orc thief, or the game I am running? I...

The person that wants to try that other game should run it. And the rest of the group should let them.

A great many people would disagree with you. Magic and WoW ate a LOT of game groups back in the day.

I count one person saying that. Everone else is just saying it will have a net benefit, not that you suck for not engaging with it. But if I may be so bold: go to a con or two and try games you haven't, or games you have with different people. Small regional cons are everywhere, all the time. I...

But you will almost certainly be a better GM if you try different games, or the same game with different GMs and groups. That is a thing that is true in nearly all walks of life.