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There is one player in our group who literally cannot be quiet for more than 60 seconds. If someone else is doing a scene, they'll be like "that reminds me of..."

And I work with kids like that so I know the signs. This person is friendly and means well and is highly engaged with the game, but my god they can't wait their turn. It probably doesn't help that we are playing Blades, which is more freeform.

You will say the answer is to have an adult conversation, but I think this person's brain will not let them be still, it's not a willpower or etiquette issue.

What accommodations can I make as a fellow player to minimise my personal annoyance? The group as a whole is nice to be with and I would like to stay

Here are the 2026 ENNIE Award nominees. Voting begins July 10th and ends July 19th. Winners will be announced live at Gen Con and streaming on July 31st at 8pm Eastern.

It's also not too late to run for judge, and to nominate your favorite publisher!

https://ennie-awards.com/judge-application/

https://ennie-awards.com/publisher-nomination-form/

Judges’ Spotlight Winners

• William Beeson – Girl Frame, Anxious Mimic RPGs
  • Author: Isabelle M. Ruebsatt
• Hans Cummings – Trash to Treasure, Bright Bard Games
  • Authors: Jon Boyle and Bri De Danann
• Christopher Gath – RPG Zine Club: Year 2, Plus One Exp/Alchemical Ink
• Fiona Katherine Taylor Howat – Tacklebox, Possible Worlds Games
  • Authors: J. Walton and James Tadd Adcox
• Tom King – Draconis: The Call of Adventure, Studio Agate
  • Authors: Justine Niogret and Alexandre Mula

Best Adventure - Long Form

• Historica Arcanum: Serenade for the Damned, Metis Creative
  • Authors: Tyler Denison, Sarp Duyar, Doğa Can Sayılkan, Alp Arslan
• Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
  • Authors: Leah Hawthorne, Keith Ryan Kappel, Brandon Perdue, Sam Stewart
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
  • Author: Sean Branney
• Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
  • Authors: Matthew Morris, Lux Taggert, Sky Svard, Antonio Buch, FriggingFrogs, Derek Mayne, Yar0d, Pulpee, Phybe, Kelly Bean, Kapithan, William Lambert, Owen McGauley, and Isaac Williams, Ellohir, Hugh Lashbrooke, Lancraft, Liam McCrickard, TabletobRPG, BohemiaSpielkunst, Relic913, Flindermouse, Rat's Nest Games, Lesueur Benoit, Xenio, tim zee, Tumultous Tabletop, and Marcos_BM
• Vaesen - City of My Nightmares, Free League Publishing
  • Authors: Kiku Pukk Harenstam, Tomas Harenstam

Best Adventure - Short Form

• Camp Snallygaster, Pandion Games
• The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
  • Author: Jayson Green
• The White Horse of Lowvale
  • Author: Tania Herrero
• Tragedy at Zaya's Theatre
  • Author: Munkoa
• Whispers of the Woods, Heltung Storytelling
  • Author: Paweł Kicman

Best Aid/Accessory - Digital

• Castle of the Vampire Lord, Axolote Gaming
• Pathfinder 2e and Starfinder 2e on Foundry VTT
• Pocket Bard, Pocket Bard Inc.
• The Crooked Moon Alchemy VTT, Avantris Entertainment
• WestMarches.games, Grimoire AB

Best Aid/Accessory - Non - Digital

• Game Master Screen, Peter Pauper Press
• Handouts - Ryoko's lost notes, Loot Tavern Publishing
• Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
• The Crooked Moon Tarot Card Set, Avantris Entertainment
• The Field Guide To Floral Dragons: Dragon Miniature Sets - Botanist, Florist and Gardener, Hit Point Press

Best Art, Cover

• Click here to see the nominees collage
• Book of Spirits, Beyond the Screen
  • Artists: Aldo Domínguez, Fen Inkwright
• Historica Arcanum: Echoes of Renaissance, Metis Creative
  • Artists: Belgin Kaya, Yağmur Kıyak, Beliz Baytok, Usame Bakar, Alper Bıçaklar, Taha Hakan Arslan, İshak Can Altun, Celia Tang, İlker Serdar Yıldız, Ege Satırcı
• Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
  • Artist: Joel Kilpatrick
• The Crooked Moon Standard Edition Hardcover, Avantris Entertainment
  • Artist: Xavier Collette
• Totem - The Spirits' RPG, Officina Meningi
  • Artists: Francesco Biagini & Voidface

Best Art, Interior

• Click here to see the nominees collage
• Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
  • Artists: Camille Durand-Kriegel, Émile Denis, Nicolas Fructus, Remton, Francois Schuiten, Sabrina Tobal
• Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
  • Artists: Daniela Giubellini, Antonia De Luca, Federica Costantini, Alessandro Paviolo, Ivana Abbate, Alessandro Cancian, Andrea Tentori Montalto, Arrigo Verderosa
• Legend In The Mist - Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
  • Artists: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey
• Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
  • Artist: Joel Kilpatrick
• The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
  • Artist: Kin Wald

Best Cartography

• Collection of Fantasy Maps II, Open Sesame Games
  • Guillaume Tavernier
• Dolmenwood Maps Book, Exalted Funeral Press
  • Jonathan Newell, Glynn Seal, Arlin Ortiz
• Pendragon Gamemaster Screen Pack, Chaosium Inc.
  • Francesca Baerald
• Pilgrims of the Murk Dome, Hollow Press
  • Plastiboo
• Tomb of a Thousand Doors, ManaDawn Tabletop Games and Plus One Exp
  • Fernando Salvaterra, Felipe de Faria, Bruno Prosaiko, Alex Damaceno, Josiah Moore, QBR, Lux, and Sky Svard, Oddgob Games

Best Community Content

• A Patch of Unfurled Green, West Coast Adventurers Guild
  • Author: Marc “DM Mythall” Kassouf
• Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 4:1
  • Author: Amanda Mullins
• The Bride of Pendle, Miskatonic Repository
  • Author: Jayson Green
• The Severed Vault
  • Author: Jeremy Cheong
• Triangle Agency Fan Zine

Best Family Game / Product

• Crescent 2e, Mythworks
  • Authors: Ema Acosta
• Dragon Town and the Darkness Below, Exalted Funeral Press
  • Author: JP Coovert
• Dungeons & Kittens Starter Set, Edge Studio
  • Authors: Clement de Ruyter, Trickytophe, Francois Cedelle, and John Grumph
• Mushie Missions, Bright Bard Games
  • Author: Jon Boyle
• PiCO, Mythworks
  • Author: Felix Isaacs

Best Free Game / Product

• Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure: The Sablewood Messengers, Darrington Press
  • Authors: Spenser Starke, Rowan Hall and Mike Underwood
• Legend In the Mist Learn-To-Play Comic Book Adventure, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC
  • Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
• SHIFT: Roleplaying Game Basic Rules (FREE RPG DAY), Hit Point Press
  • Author: Graeme Fotheringham, Jordan Richer, and Carlos Cisco
• Sprigs & Kindling Volumes 3-5
  • Authors: Arrianna Abraham, Russell Anderson, Bjorn Ove Asprem (Boa), Hank Belanger, Irving Benitez, Justen Bennett, Ben Bisogno, Scott C. Bourgeois, Brendan (Khatyra), Devin R Bruce, J Carter, Tess Chappell, Alexander Thomas Guy Coursolle, Jim Crocker, Kirk Damato, Peter DeCraene, dión // isle in the heavens, Michael Dürr, Leigh Eldridge, Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, Pat Eyler, Mike Ferdinando, Rob Fletcher, Tess Fowler, Wes Franks, Jeremy Gaines, G F Greco, Cassidy Hadlock, Rebecca Hall, Jack Hargreaves, Sydney Hawkins, Lisa Imbryk, Chaotic Jamgochian, Rachael Jamison, Rhyme Jansen, Jazy, Igor Juraszewski, Andrea Klassen, Lukas Kristjanson, MW Lindberg, Billy Lingar, Kevin Macku, Mags Maenad, Marc Majcher, Ben Mansky, Gabe McCormick, Brian Miranda, Amanda Mullins, Scout Munroe, Dori Murdock, Bartosz N (bartosso), J Evan Parks, Levi Phipps, Daniel Qualls, Mike Raichelson, Raymond Rich, Kim Riek, Gabriel Robinson, Nicolas Ronvel, Jesse Ross, Blake Ryan, Alex Rybitski, Brian Sago, salty, shaed, Aaron Sinner, James Smith, Clint Smith, Arkadiusz Stefański, Steph Infection, AJ Summers, Cameron L. Summers, Thwalee, Sean Tibbitts, Mads C Turley, Michael Van Vleet, Alton W, Arthur Wells, Nova Wurmson
• Triangle Agency Fan Zine
  • Authors: Kodasea, Corinna "Jude" Maria Liptáková, MarimoSelkie, Haasio, Sporadic Dialogue, L.S. Moon, fizzyware, DelcanRiven (Onion), Nathan Joseph, Pan, Me_ikko, VoiceoftheOoze, natanco, Nitroserum, Ro_drawzzz, Ash Yggdrasill, MegasomaMars, Wyllora, Ghost of Inks, Doomslug, the_pencil_head, Sleipnir, mntacuyan, iris lemony, Rhodocros, Zoe Traub, Yiu113, AlchemicalClown, SylkWeaver, Pidgeothy, Jack?, Koopstrooper, MGM_101, Robobuilder, Simon da Silva, Copper_KaBell, Boc, iCodeghost, Carbsta, Cinnabar, Totodile, Jazz Fox-Canning

Best Game

• Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League Publishing
  • Author: Kosta Kostulas, Nils Karlén, Martin Grip, Svante Landgraf, Shawn Tomkin, Matt Click
  • Art: Martin Grip
  • Editing: Tomas Harenstam, Mattiaas Johnsson Haake
  • Layout/Design: Dan Algstrand
• Daggerheart Core Set, Darrington Press
  • Author: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett
  • Art: Nick Acuna, Juan Salvador Almencion, Mauro Alocci, Ana Amaral, Anthony Avon, Mike Azevedo, Zoe Badini, Diana Bakieva, Adam Barker, Eliot Baum, Paul Scott Canavan, Carlos Cardona, Edgar Cardona, Kristina Carroll, Stephanie Cost, Luísa Costa, Katya Cyan, Cybercatbug, Daarken, Nikki Dawes, Carlos C. Díaz, Benjamin Ee, Geoffrey Ernault, Letícia Freitas, Bear Frymire, Gaboleps, Laura Galli, Kristina Gehrmann, James Green, Grant Griffin, Arturo Gutiérrez González, Juan Gutierrez, Leesha Hannigan, Rick Hefner, Suzanne Helmigh, Hendry Iwanaga, Jessketchin, Anthony Jones, Jack Jones, KarrahE, Sam Key, Ivan Koltovich, Alex Konstad, Samantha Kung, Linda Lithén, Samantha B. Lucas, Danil Luzin, Dominik Mayer, Julia Metzger, Maxime Minard, Andrea Tentori Montalto, José Muñoz, Reiko Murakami, Laura Marie Neal, Irina Nordsol, Tamara Osborn, Mike Pape, Jen Estirdalin Pattison, Mila Pesic, Henry Peters, Rafater, Andreas Rocha, Ryan Christian Rodero, Joshua Rodriguez, Henrik Rosenborg, Ilya Royz, Allan Santos, Stanislav Sherbakov, Ernanda Souza, Fernanda Suarez, Jenny Tan, Mat Wilma, Maciej Wojtala
  • Editing: Laura Hirsbrunner, Amber Litke, Sadie Lowry, Ashley Michaela “Navigator” Lawson, Scott Gray, Sebastian Yūe
  • Layout/Design: Matt Paquette & Co., John Harper, Vee Hendro
• Legend In The Mist - Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
  • Author: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
  • Art: Alejan Drapinal, Marius Zszulc, Mark Hretskyi, Zach Causey
  • Editing: Eran Aviram
  • Layout/Design: Manuel Serrasáez
• Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
  • Author: Justin Sirois
  • Art: Justin Sirois
  • Editing: Spencer Ellsworth, Michael Hughes
  • Layout/Design: Justin Sirois
• Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
  • Author: George Philbrick
  • Art: George Philbrick
  • Layout/Design: George Philbrick

Best Layout and Design

• Berserkr, Slightly Reckless Games
• Deadline: A Clockwork Press, The Wanderer's Tome
• Midnight Muscadines, Pandion Games
• Voidheart Symphony (Revised Edition), Rowan Rook & Decard
• Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player's Guide, Cubicle 7 Entertainment

Best Monster/Adversary

• Dolmenwood Monster Book, Exalted Funeral Press
  • Authors: Gavin Norman with Kyle Hettinger, Amelia Luke, James Spahn, Brian Yaksha
  • Art: Bianca Canoza, Pauliina Hannuniemi, Jana Heidersdorf, Aaron Howdle, Chris Huth, Tom Kilian, Jethro Lentle, Ellie Livingston, Kyle Patterson, Mish Scott, Ulla Thynell, Andrew Walter, Letty Wilson
• Monsters of Drakkenheim, Ghostfire Gaming
  • Authors: Monty Martin, Kelly McLaughlin
  • Art: Maria Arteta, Mauro Alocci, Andreea Barbu, Clément Blum, Cristina Birtea, Isabell Bartnicki, Marius Bota, Augusto Costa, Alberto dal Lago, Andrei Dragoș Poițelea, Giuseppe De iure, Rafael Dantanna, Sorina Dana Ştefan, Anastassia Grigorieva, Andre Garcia, Isabela Homitchi, Suzanne Helmigh, Will Hallett, Andrei Iacob, Kurt Jakobi, Ona Kristensen, Cristiana Leone, Danil Luzin, Alina Magherusan, Derek Murphy, Fajri Muhammad, Giovana Marion, Guilherme Motta, Laura Marie Neal, Renan Maurilio, Toni Munteanu, Marzena Nereida Piwowar, Olha Nykytiuk, Elizabeth Peiró, Felipe Pérez, Vincenzo Pratticò, Mihai Radu, Oana Roxana Birtea, Renan Ribeiro, George Stratulat, Stephen Sykes, Gaga Turmanishvili, Andreia Ugrai, Rebeca Ungurean, Bianca Vrinceanu, Karin Wittig
• Starfinder Alien Core, Paizo Inc.
  • Author: Kate Baker, Lau Bannenberg, Rigby Bendele, Vishesh Bhartiya, Joseph Blomquist, Jeremy Blum, Tineke Bolleman, Brent Bowser, Michael Bramnik, Patrick Brennan, Charlie Brooks, Jessica Catalan, Brite Cheney, Jeremy Corff, Caryn DiMarco, Anthony Dollinger, Steve Fidler, Kim Frandsen, Andrew D. Geels, Basheer Ghouse, Sen H.H.S., Katrina Hennessy, Thurston Hillman, Joan Hong, Jenny Jarzabski, Sara Jeffers, Mikko Kallio, Lysle Kapp, Mike Kimmel, Dustin Knight, Cole Kronewitter, Mahpiya, Letterio Mammoliti, Randal Meyer, Jacob W. Michaels, Matt Morris, Dennis Muldoon, Quinn Murphy, Elizabeth V Nold, Chesley Oxendine, Emily Parks, Glen Parnell, Randy Price, Kyle T. Raes, Jessica Redekop, Erin Roberts, James Rodehaver, David N. Ross, Pidj Sorensen, Joel Southall, Kendra Leigh Speedling, Drew Taylor, Sam W Tennyson, Jalen Todd, Ruvaid Virk, Viditya Voleti, Christopher Wasko, Nicholas Wasko, Jackson Wery, Shan Wolf, and Basil Wright
  • Art: János Brumár, Sol Devia, Daniele DiParma, Anna Duma-Baranowska, Miguel Regodón Harkness, Ivan Koritarev, Renan Maurilio, Sophie Medvedeva, Guilherme Motta, Guilherme Olivieri, Nikolai Ostertag, Pixoloid Studios (Mark Molnar, Gaspar Gombos, Zsolt “Mike” Szabados, Janos Gardos, Peter Lerner, and Almos Balogh), Jino Rufino, Alberto Saraiva, Arthur Enrique Olivera Silva, Melissa Spandri, and Veto Zomer
• The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
  • Author: Verity Lane, Chris Pinch, Jordan Richer, Sebastian Yue
  • Art: Kin Wald
• Wrath of the Kaiju, Loot Tavern Publishing
  • Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle
  • Art: Mohammed Bellafquih, Kwanpo "Ari" Cheng, Phan Tuan Dat, Aleksa Drageljevic, Tyler Grayson, Martin Kirby-Jackson, Roman Kuzmin, Rastislav Le, Michelle Mueller, Richard Nguyen, Mukhlis "Sinlaire" Nur, Ognjen Sporin, Rajaa Al-Subairi, Chaouki "Ciao" Titouhi, Souhaib Zekri

Best Online Content

• Designing Dungeons Course: Or, How to Kill a Party in 30 Rooms or Less, Joshua McCrowell & Warren D
• Explorers Design
• Golarion Mapping Project, Tabletop RPG Historical Society
• Molten Sulfur Blog, Molten Sulfur Press
• Solo RPG List

Best Production Values

• Legend In the Mist - Ravenhome Slipcase, Son of Oak Game Studio LLC
• Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG, Three Sails Studios
• Terra Antarctica, Edge Studio
• The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Best RPG Related Product

• Advent-ure Calendar 20: The Lost Labyrinth, Only Games, Black Oak Workshop
• Beyond the Witching Ring: Dolmenwood Soundtrack Album — 12" Vinyl LP, Exalted Funeral Press
  • Music: Tales Under The Oak
• Dolmenwood Noble House Enamel Pins Set, Exalted Funeral Press
• Menagerie of Unbearable Things, Tania Herrero
• Sickest Witch Belt Buckle, Severed Books

Best Rules

• A Land Once Magic, moreblueberries
  • Author: Viditya Voleti
• Daggerheart, Darrington Press
  • Authors: Spenser Starke, Carlos Cisco, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Uboldi, Mike Underwood, Layla Adelman, Meguey Baker, Banana Chan, Chris Davidson, Rue Dickey, Felix Isaacs, Erin Roberts, Deven Rue, Rogan Shannon, Mark Thompson, Eugenio Vargas, Chris Willett
• Legend In The Mist - Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
  • Authors: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
• Sickest Witch Core Rulebook, Severed Books
  • Author: Justin Sirois
• Thieves of the Tome, First Pancake Studios
  • Author: George Philbrick

Best Setting

• Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
  • Authors: Gavin Norman, Chance Dudinack, Luke Gearing, Yves Geens, Noah Green, Greg Gorgonmilk, Kyle Hettinger, Clint Krause, Amelia Luke, Scott Malthouse, Jonathan Newell, Frances Northcutt Green, Amanda P., Doyle Wayne Ramos-Tavener, Glynn Seal, James Spahn, Andrew Walter, Brian Yaksha.
• Ecryme: Player’s Guide, Open Sesame Games, LLC
  • Authors: Alexandre Clavvel, Mathieu Gaborit, Samuel Metzener
• Grim Hollow: Campaign Guide, Ghostfire Gaming
  • Authors: Ben Byrne, Shawn Merwin, Jenn E. Adams, Andrew Bishkinskyi, Jacob Davis, Jackson DiCarlo, Benjamin Evans, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Benjamin Huffman, Chris Lindsay, Ginny Loveday, Pan Lyons, Greg Marks, Elliott Randall, Joe Raso, Kienna Shaw, Anne Smith, Marcello De Velazquez, Christopher Walz, Graham Ward, Ethan Yen
• Household Volume II, Two Little Mice
  • Authors: Ricardo "Rico" Sirignano and Simone Formicola
• Ryokos Guide to the Yokai Realms, Loot Tavern Publishing
  • Authors: Joao Araujo, William Earl, Dai Jia Rong He, Max Wartelle

Best Solo Game

• Odyssey of the Giant, Heltung Storytelling
• Pirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
  • Author: Michael Sweeney
• Song of the Scryptwyrm
  • Authors: Dan Bronson-Lowe
• SPINE: A Dark Solo TTRPG About Losing Yourself in a Book, Backwards Tabletop
  • Author: Asa Donald
• The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo
  • Authors: Sticky Doodler

Best Streaming Content

• Cozy RPG Reviews
• Get Your Sheet Together, Darrington Press
• How's My Driving?, DNGN CLUB GAMES
• One Shot: Last Train to Bremen, One Shot
• The Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, Blasphemous Tomes

Best Supplement

• Legend In The Mist - Action Grimoire, Son of Oak Game Studio
  • Authors: Amit Moshe, Eran Aviram, Itamar Karbian, Kelly Black
• Mystified!, The Wanderer's Tome
  • Authors: Chelsea Sciortino and Fleur Sciortino
• No Place Like Homebrew, Roll & Play Press
  • Authors: Sam Barlett, Beth Davies
• The Creative Game Master's Guide to Extraordinary Locations (& How To Design Them), Bluestone Books
  • Author: Duncan Rhodes
• The Painted Wastelands Player's Guide, Agamemnon Press
  • Authors: Tim Molloy, Christopher Willet

Best Writing

• Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Gallery Books
  • Author: Keith Ammann
• Piaga 1348, NEED GAMES!
  • Author: Helios Pu
• Pirouette, InnocentGoblin TTRPGs
  • Author: Michael Sweeney
• Rapscallion, Magpie Games
  • Authors: Whistler, Elizabeth Chaipraditkul, Brendan G. Conway, Mark Diaz Truman
• StoryBake, Tiny Ghost Chef Games
  • Author: Dan Walter

Product of the Year

• Coriolis: The Great Dark Core Rulebook, Free League Publishing
• Daggerheart, Darrington Press
• Dolmenwood Campaign Book, Exalted Funeral Press
• Legend In The Mist - Core Book, Son of Oak Game Studio
• Menagerie of Unbearable Things, Tania Herrero
• The Bonsai Diary, Gene Koo
• The Crooked Moon Ultimate Edition, Avantris Entertainment
• The Field Guide to Floral Dragons Box Set, Hit Point Press
• The Spark Devil, H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
• The White Horse of Lowvale, Tania Herrero

I've been working on creating a Homebrew and realized suddenly that the old movie The Guns of Navarone is actually a quest set in WWII. An elite and varied group sets out to target a Nazi missile site on a Greek island.

Is the Ranger really this esoteric to make work? Is it that they try to put too much into it at once? It can't only be because "too few rules for exploration". So what is it? What even is a Ranger? Is it:

- Bow fighter?

- Nature explorer?

- Beast master?

- Dual wielder?

- Pseudo-druid/Druidic paladin?

- Expert hunter?

- Scouting captain?

- All of the above!?

Look, I love Rangers thanks to two things: the Ranger's Apprentice books + the Monster Hunter games, so I know what I want out of a Ranger, but even then it seems that NO ONE CAN AGREE ON A SINGLE STANDARD RANGER FANTASY IN D&D!!!

However, games like Pathfinder 2e, Daggerheart, Fabula Ultima, Tormenta20, amongst other seems to get it better, even if they aren't exactly what I want 100% (but they are 90% close). So why??????

I am a long time dnd 5e player, started playing ttrpg pretty much when 5e released, and I am now very familiar with the system.

I've done other systems (Cyberpunk Red, Monster of the Week, Vaesen, Call of Cthulu, Vampire the Masquerade, Blades in the Dark), but never as a long campaign, and my groups always defaulted back to 5e for our main games.

Recently, a newer face in the friend group offered to DM for us, and we all jumped for joy!
But he has decided to run a Pathfinder2e game instead of our usual Dnd5e.

Now, we are obviously all excited to start a new campaign, but we're a bit apprehensive about the switch in system.

Over those 10-ish years of playing dnd, we've heard a lot of comments about how superior Pathfinder is to dnd, how much better of a system it is, etc.
We had a guy join our dnd group for a few sessions a couple of years back, and all he did in sessions was to complain about how the rules for this or that were better in Pathfinder, and how silly we were for sticking to dnd when the clearly superior game was available for free right there.

Frankly, we didn't care for it. We've been having tons of fun, which we attribute to our group rather than to the system itself. We didn't want this negative nelly energy around so we kicked the guy out. He was not the only person we met who had this kind of attitude towards the dnd brand, but he was the most memorable.
As a result, we as a group have a bit of a sour taste whenever someone suggests we should play Pathfinder.

Anyway, we'll have our first Pathfinder session in a week or so, and DM said we'd be going through character creation together. DM said since we're all fairly seasoned Dnd players, we shouldn't really have issues adapting to the system, as it is pretty similar in the end.

I have started looking around at character creation and uh.... I'm confused about everything and have a lot of decision paralysis, but it all looks interesting. I can't wait to crash out at having to make decisions and rock up as a human fighter.

Have other people had good experiences actually switching from modern dnd to modern pathfinder?
Are the rules as different and better as we've been told by our former players, or is it basically the same player-side as we've been told by our new DM?
Any tips on how to let go of my dnd brain?
I don't want to channel the energy of the guy who kept comparing everything to his preferred system, so what do I have to keep in mind in terms of obvious differences?

Hello everyone !

My friends and I would like to try role playing board games, like Dungeons & Dragons, but we don't know where to start. We would like to play an easy one, that doesn't take to much time to finish (like half a day if it's possible). The best would be a free online game, but it doesn't bother us to spend a bit of money on an online / IRL one.

If you have any idea, I will take every recommandation !

Thank you very much !

Gary Gygax made Appendix N because he wanted to share all the books he loved as a kid.

Finding kids fantasy books to pull my kids into reading and RPGs was a fun and at times challenging journey, and I wanted to share. Here’s the full list of beloved fantasy books currently on my kids shelves:

In rough order of age, starting with 4-5 years and ending at age 10:

Nobody Likes a Goblin (and other books by Ben Hatke)
Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey.
Max and the Midknights by Pierce
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
Hamster Princess by Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher)
Dragon Masters
Kingdom of Wrenly
Notebook of Doom series
The Magical Unicorn Society
D'Aulaires Book of Norse Myths // Greek Myths
Mythical Beast and Magical Creatures (DK)
Dungeons & Dragons: Behold!
Agents of S.U.I.T
Hilo series
Dragon Kingdom (of Wrenly)
The Mouse Guard series
Cardboard Kingdom
Mighty Jack // Zita the Spacegirl series
Hilda series
Dreamjumper
My Big Fate Zombie Goldfish
Lightfall
Dragonbreath
Monsters Beware!
Dungeoneer Adventures
Rickety Stitch series
Avatar the Last Airbender (comic books)
Quest Kids
Greeking Out
Minecraft books (nonfiction and fiction)
Fart Quest (mixed words)
Lightning Thief (graphic novel)
Wings of Fire
Beasts and Behemoths (D&D gamebook)
Tomb of the Everstar Sisterhood (CYOA) by Sersa Victory
Complete the Quest series (CYOA)
Mystery Under Magi-Mart (CYOA)
Amulet series
Witches of Brooklyn
Hooky
Okay Witch

Books we read to them (at first, at least):

The Wizard of Oz (novels)
The Tale of Despereaux
Tuesdays at the Castle
My Neighbor Totoro (novel)
The Superpower Field Guide: Moles (nonfiction series)
Dragonsinger by A. McCaffery
Ms. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Howl’s Moving Castle
The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Impossible Creatures
Just So Stories
The Hobbit (illustrated novel)
Harry Potter series (illustrated novels): a gift from family.
The Rithmatist by B. Sanderson

if you want our family’s takes on each book (with pictures), check out the post on my (ad-free) homepage, linked below. there are no referral links to the books, this was a labor of love. if you can’t find them with google, please comment and I will post a link.

[https://dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-childrens-appendix-n-fantasy-book.html\](https://dreamshrike.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-childrens-appendix-n-fantasy-book.html)

If you have wonderful ones I have missed, or recommendations for ages 11-14, please comment—it would be awesome to make a living book list for RPG parents for years to come.

it seems like all the popular cosmic horror ttrpgs are in the Cthulhu mythos or single player journaling rpgs . I love kult but it doesn’t work for all kinds of stories I want to tell

Narrative and rules lite RPGs are as successful as always and there seems to be a new wave of tactical RPGs. However, I haven't heard anything about new simulationist RPGs. So, I am wondering what new and upcoming simulationist systems there is.

I love the genre and I love the zone and have played it before but I’m looking for something more traditional. looked into delta green but mechanically it’s not my groups thing

HI, I'm interested in games with some influence from both of some people might call osr/nsr and storygame design trends.

By osr I'm thinking of mechanics like a focus on sandbox gameplay, player skill based problem solving and interesting situational abilities. While for storygames I'm thinking of stuff like group worldbuilding (or at least additions to the world), mechanics for character's relationships/goals, mixed successes (obviously these aren't really a comprehensive definition of either and they aren't exclusive to any, but they are the kind of things I'm trying to gesture towards).

Some good examples of what I'm thinking of are the Electrum Archive, His Majesty the Worm, Trophy Gold, Exile and Mythic Bastionland a bit (more ambiguous, but the myths and some of the knight abilities/passions are the kind of things I'm interested in) but I would love to hear about more if people have any other examples.