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- An unambiguous way to describe things getting worse. Eg. hit points, conditions, etc. There needs to be clarity on "how much more do you have left in the tank". (As a GM. I'm ok playing without this, or having eg. HP hidden from me.) - Support for my kind of fiction first. ie. rules don't...

While suffering from depression I exceeded 105kg (230lbs) ... a decade ago? I managed to drop near ~90kg (200lbs) with relative ease several times, but always ended up bouncing back. That bounce always happened within ~6 months of getting there, usually when seasons turned. My goal was always...

There is a huge risk of falling into a "technological fixes for social issue" fallacy here, but I would go for something like: Require use of specific vote tallying software, including a voting website. No more DIY, or at the very least require it to be open source and available. Require...

If that was what a friend wanted to run and asked me to play, and the campaign carried for multiple years? Of course. I cannot imagine a someone pitching a multi-year D&D campaign to me, though. I can image a campaign lasting for multiple years easily. I think we spent like... 4 years on Curse...

There are ways to host events in problematic countries that are less problematic. These ways center around listening to the voices of the locally disempowered, and asking how such an event can make their lives better. An international event in China has way more freedom than a national one...

I think the way Mongoose is handling updates to their 2e Traveller books is nice. They're just sticking "UPDATE YEAR" after the title. Wizards could just call it "2024 Update".

Saying "we're using the this stuff, not that stuff" is IMO the most common thing in the world, so I'm not sure what you mean? Seeing something published doesn't mean (1) I've bought it and (2) read it (3) liked it and (4) decided to using it is worth the effort required to change things. Money...

This is missing the option "I'll keep using the old books, probably incorporating new stuff gradually"

Are you going to tell a low int fighter they can't use common sense tactics without making an int roll? If that's your playstyle, then yeah, to be consistent you should require an int roll. I would not personally find such a game very fun, though.

No roll.

Technology is always a force multiplier. This is just more of the same, but admittedly things are coming to a head; the multipliers are getting pretty big. We need to build societies and systems that are robust in face of such force multipliers. The only reason anyone does anything, is...

I clearly missed your point, and despite going back I can't seem to manage to unread my previous reading, so help me out?

Murderbot & Traveller books now, Babel & Ptolus later, I think.

Lots of people made that case, and there was such a campaign. Turns out most fans dont't give a f*ck Uighurs, rule of law, due process, or universal suffrage.

Our library has an "Urban Workshop" - basically a public makerspace: 3D printers Laser cutter Engraver Vinyl printer UV printer Heat press Wire binding machine Sewing machines Large format paper printers Large format scanner Electronics workstations Embroidering machine Button badge machine...

IMO it is also one of the really easy things to change. "Nope, we have jump gates instead." "Nope, we transition into hyperspace and use regular engines there." "Nope, we have ansibles." Yeah, the ship construction changes, and if you want a good variety of ships with consistent numbers you...

I think the key is to consider "semi-unique single use thing, total number you can have is limited". Being OP or useless isn't a big deal since it's a single use thing, and you can't hoard them. For non-magical games, it could be eg. specific favors and contacts. You'll probably need to...

"Am I actually going to run this?" is almost never a consideration for me: I have more than enough games to run already. "Is this interesting for me to read" is almost always a consideration. Sure, sometimes I'm looking for a specific thing for a specific game I want to run, but then I would...

Longevity & interoperability: your docs are on your computer, in a non-proprietary format you can use with other tools as well. Even if Obsidian the compaby goes belly up, your notes will still be accessible. Maybe more of an ideological point than a practical one, and not super critical for RPG...