It is! I may reach out that way.

If you disagree, I think that’s what the reply button is for-- state your disagreement and have a discussion (keeping it civil, of course). Just driving by and downvoting does not add anything, in my opinion.

I streamed a post-mortem of the game earlier today, if anyone’s interested.

Interesting! Thanks for the write-up!

Can you describe Law I a bit more? Also, got any practical examples of spell-casting that used this system?

I was more interested in the selling of things than the buying but I will give it a read!

Really? Glad that I haven’t run across it!

I have not but you’re tempting me!

What should a town in a West marches campaign even have in it?

• a relatively safe place to rest
• resources (hirelings, equipment, etc.) and trade (have to unload those paintings we dragged out of the dungeon somewhere!)
• access to information, factions, and potential patrons

We have one inside and it’s surviving but it certainly isn’t thriving. We do give it distilled water though.

You can play D&D and similar games solo but they usually require some help and extra tools to do so. Might I point you towards the [email protected] community? They might be able to answer questions and help you get started if you want to give it a try.

It’s really all about context. If we’re all playing Harry Potter-esque mages, we’re not worried about swords and shields, generally. If I’m playing as Aragorn or Boromir, my expectations will be very different.

Love Wingspan!

OSR, Old School Roots, still works! 😁

Hey, not sure if you’re aware but there’s a whole genre that harkens back to old school D&D styled gaming. It’s called the OSR and I’ve got a community here on Lemmy if you’re interested in checking it out: [email protected]!

I would opt for a homebrew setting on an earth-like world. The reason is that, having the world be earth-like means there won’t be any misunderstandings about the basic rules of the physical world. Using your own setting means that you won’t have to fight up hill against any assumptions people might have with regards to cultures in that world.

Just FYI but I also created an OSR group on lemm.ee. No harm in having more than one though!

I use AI images all the time for mocking up elements for my home game campaign and for generating quick thumbnails for YT videos. I think that while there are A LOT of limitations, gotchas, and quirks about using them, I have gotten very reasonable results in much shorter order than I could achieve using any other tools available to me. If you stick with it, learn tips and tricks, and invest time, you can get some really good results but they may not be precisely what you asked for. I find that being flexible in my demands helps very much.

I haven’t read Cities yet but WWN is a terrific resource. Your homebrew sounds fascinating! I’d love to hear more about it (maybe in its own thread? 😂).