Tagged "retrospective"

The results are 62.5% in, and I'd like to share them together with my conclusions. I'll revise the numbers in this post when the response increments to 100%. Something I did differently this time is take the survey and (I think) configure it so you can all see the results. I am the outlier in certain areas, so I will call myself out by name but everyone else's responses will of course remain private.

The results are 85% in and I'd like to share them together with my conclusions. I'll revise the numbers in this post when the response increments to 100%.

Recently I asked my players to fill out a survey in order to better understand their likes and plan my future game(s). After some consideration I felt it fair to provide my own thoughts which I will attempt to keep brief. My survey is is based in part on the article "Getting Feedback from your Players"

I ’m increasingly dissatisfied with "race" as a mechnanic in D&D. I don't take exception to the term itself but rather that "race" is a named set of mechanical features that have some amount of impact on character creation, a small impact on light in dungeons and no consequence for role-playing. In my opinion if Elves (and others) have no differences in culture, faith or government then they're humans in costumes.

When I began playing D&D in the 80s the only method of play available to my group was "theater of the mind." Sure we had a friend with an older brother who painted miniatures but for various reasons using them was a rare experience. So it was that someone was assigned the duty of mapping while I did my solid best to describe rooms accurately.