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I wanted to share my experience with the physical core book in case it helps others deciding whether to buy it.

I purchased my copy on August 1st, and after only a few months of normal use the pages have already started coming loose from the binding. I treat my books carefully, so this was pretty surprising and honestly a bit disappointing; especially for a brand-new release.

I reached out to customer support at the Critical Role shop, but they told me the warranty period had already passed. I get that policies are policies, but it still feels frustrating to have a book deteriorate this quickly and not really have any options for repair or replacement.

I’m posting this mainly to give others a heads-up about the durability of the current print run. If anyone else has had similar issues (or if there’s a known fix or replacement option), I’d appreciate hearing about it. I really love the game; I just wish the physical book held up better.

trying to sift through this book on how to actually make a character is giving me a headache

So I received two boxes the other day.

I open the first one - great, my Kickstarter-backed Alien RPG stuff.

I open the second - another copy.

I contact GamesQuest who asks FreeLeague (the publisher) - guess what FreeLeague's answer is?

"feel free to keep the extra copy or give it to someone who enjoys the same game."

How friggin awesome is that?

Thank you Free League!

Hello RPG enthusiasts! I'm located in a country where physical copies of TTRPGs are generally hard to come by, and my friend is visiting soon from the USA so I'm interested in using this as an opportunity to get a physical copy of something! My budget is between 40 and 50 USD.

Some things about me and what sort of thing I'm looking for.

RPGs I've played:

I've played 5e (of course) quite extensively, and at this point it's safe to say I'm kind of done with it for a while at least. I've been running Blades in the Dark quite a bit recently, and I do have a PDF of it at the moment. I've also run Maze Rats by Ben Milton a few times, as one shots.

What I think I'd be interested in:

I'm a huge fan of sci fi and fantasy, but especially fantasy. It's what drew me to 5e in the first place, and it's also one of the reasons I think I'd be a fan of the more typically set OSR games, but that doesn't exclude any OSR games in general. Which brings me to the next thing, which is that I love dungeon crawling, and similar things in RPGs. Huge huge fan. Give me dark underground dungeons, monsters, traps, the works. And magic of course.

I've also been getting interested in anything weird/surreal, although I'm not sure how much buy-in I'd get from players for something like that.

I was this close to buying Symbaroum but now I missed the Black Friday sale and I believe that with shipping costs, it's unfortunately going to be out of my budget. If anyone knows of online stores that I can buy Symbaroum (not the 5e Ruins of Symbaroum) in the US, I'd be very grateful!

Additional point: since I am going to be getting a physical copy, I am looking for something that's much nicer especially as a physical copy as opposed to buying a PDF. Also, as long as it is approximately within the budget, I am absolutely open to buying multiple games as well.

I'd be happy to receive many many suggestions. Thanks a lot, folks!

I was listening to a discussion on YT about fantasy games and one of the commenters in the live-chat posted something along the lines of "DC20 is such a fumble".

I haven't been following lately - what's going on with the current state of the game? I know it's not released yet so it's odd that this random commenter posted that it was a "fumble".

Can anyone give me clarity on the game as it stands?

I'm spending Christmas with my parents and wife, and I'm looking for a game for us to play. I like the idea of it being a murder mystery game, but that's not necessary. Cooperative is a plus, but also not necessary. I was looking at lots of RPG games like these: https://www.murdermysterygames.co.uk/, but most are for more than four players.

The most important thing is that the game can't have a lot of setup/explanation. I can do prep work, but I want something that I can present easily to my parents and that they won't have trouble following. We've done some of the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective games in the past, and those are similar to what I'm looking for, but I'd love something a little more immersive and maybe more solvable/gratifying?

Would love any recs! Thank you in advance and happy hols.

I would really like to try a crunchier game with the unbelievable amount of options that Pathfinder 1st Edition seems to have. But it seems like there's a lot less options in actual practice. If you play a Fighter you get all sorts of feat options, but if you don't get Weapon Focus you'll suck, and if you don't get Combat Expertise you don't have half the later options... An obvious rule to game design is that if you have to be stupid to not pick something, it should just be baked in, and 3.X doesn't understand that from my perspective.

Is there a game with the character customization of PF1e without spending the first several levels paying feat taxes?

Looking for a system that excels in exploration of all types, particularly one that suits both dungeon and hex crawls.

I know of Mythic Bastionland and Forbidden Lands as decent hexcrawl systems, and I've heard of Dungeon Crawl Classics for dungeons...

In addition, do you know any Actual Plays that show off how the games are run?

40 years ago, a scattering of people across the world awoke to psychic powers. With our world being tragically eager to ostracise people over the smallest of differences, the new telepaths and cryokinetics of the world stood no chance.

Fortunately, Zener City has welcomed them with open arms.

City of Espers is my first TTRPG to be picked up by a publisher, Three Sails Studios (Mappa Mundi, Gallows Corner) and I'm so excited that the PWYW prerelease rules are finally available to the public!

Players are a House of like-minded Espers, navigating their life in a thriving city of other psychics. You can run it as a light-hearted sports battle story as you tackle the Esper Battle Championship; or play a more dramatic and complex story about what it means to protect a community and the people you care about.

Using a deck of cards rather than dice, the players can be a little bit psychic themselves, counting cards to make guesses about what's still left in play.

When a House really resonate with their community, a part of the city can respond in kind, creating Turf. The Turf is a character in itself, capable of being both a quest giver and a threat to navigate.

If you'd like to see the game played, we've also put together a demo playthrough, kept shorter and visually funky for those who don't usually watch Actual Play.

I hope you all enjoy checking this game out - as the biggest game I've written, hitting the balance of standing out vs meeting current tastes has been a big factor for me. Hopefully I've struck a good balance!

So I feel the urge to GM once again. After many mistakes I am determined to read and know the rules of whatever I'm running very well, this time Savage Worlds. So I decide to make some notes. But after around 25 pages of notes compared to the 100 pages of the book that I've read, I'm starting to feel a little burnt out. I also want to do something similar for a premade adventure for the system I want to run, as well as prepare each session to the best of my ability. For this and future systems of all kinds, I'd appreciate learning how to balance knowing the system and actually being able to run it within the next millenium.

Looking for a gritty, WW2 rpg to run commando raids / dirty dozen style campaigns. Ideally something that cover tons of equipment, weapons and vehicles from the period. I like what free league did with weapons and equipment in twilight 2000, lots of options.

I’ve seen that Gurps do a ww2 but not a massive fan of gurps but could be swayed.