Issue #5 of Polyhedron (April 1982)

I'm on vacation this week, so this roundup may be a little shorter than normal, but let's go ahead and dive into it, shall we?

I have one of the planet’s most specific pet peeves: Displays of information which rely on two independent axes bother me greatly.

tl:dr; a neat, curated set of modular hex-crawl rules for a more faction-oriented game with a focus on securing resources.

I backed the zine 'Home - A light in the Darkness' which is billed as a sandbox toolkit for TTRPGs. Given the mileage I've gotten out of the d30 Sandbox Companion I thought this was worth a look.

In my most recent foray into the AD&D DMG , I found myself a bit frustrated with the combat mechanics.

We can start exploring the many fantastical moons that our adventurers can visit.

A key memorandum drafted by Chesebro -- which might otherwise appear relatively innocuous even in how it is discussed in the indictment -- laid the foundation for the scheme grounded, in part, on misrepresenting my work.

Russell Moore criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention's response to a sexual abuse crisis. Then he found himself on the outside.

Larian has finally confirmed that preloading won't be available, apparently because of a limitation with Steam.

Joshua, a [Patreon of Sly Flourish] asks:

I'm having trouble squaring the Six Truths about a world with not providing spoilers to the players. What if one or more of the truths are entirely unknown to the characters? What if one of the Truths is also one of the Secrets/Clues within the campaign? I don't see how a DM should share that in a session zero without "giving away too much."

Playing or running an RPG this weekend? Spending time on world building, prep, painting minis, or writing something? Let's hear it.

I'll start:

The Mothership game I'm running has had it's second session postponed due to scheduling issues. I wanted to keep it fairly loose in scheduling, similar to West Marches but it's not working out so well, so I've switched to using whenisgood.net to nail down times.

The long-running 5e campaign set in Greyhawk, though, is on for this Sunday with it's 119th session. The party has a few new members and are currently winding their way through the "UnderOearth" to get to the drow city of Erelhei-Cinlu (awkward name).

It seems that just about this time every year, as I gain some personal time away from work, my mind turns once again to the question of which kind of fantastic roleplaying world I would like to exp…