Thread by @jogadorsonhador

Random things I need less of in a #ttrpg I'm hosting:
1/5 A part of play that's an isolated exchange of repetitive rolls where the action is defined in slow motion and even nothing might be happening. Like, what's a combat and why does it have to be like this in every game?

2/5 Design challenges that the author has chucked over the fence to the person hosting that #ttrpg by giving advice instead of tools. "Hey, the game has this problem, so don't let it happen, ok?" I'm sorry, who bought for this book? So why am I doing your work for you?

3/5 Weak reading experience. Let's not have another large heavy tome with glossy reflective pages, small thin text, counterproductive illustrations and a page count that's more about fixed printing costs than adding value to the reader hoping to play this #ttrpg

4/5 Missing a box on which to stand on to pitch this #ttrpg to people who won't read it. Can be a literal boxed set, but also some nice artwork, a cool website, any digital or physical artifact that calls people to your thing. Usually, the better the game, the worse this gets.

5/5 Lack of helpful criticism from the community. Given how the hobby moves at glacial speed, we're forced to promo all the things to keep them from dying. But we need to find a position from which to keep pushing for #ttrpg diversity while pointing out what can be improved.

I understand these points are all over the place, but they're simply from the perspective of someone hoping to spend some money and host some #ttrpg sessions. The so-called "market" is not being able to respond to many of these chronic issues in our hobby.

Case in point: the status quo keeps piling responsibilities on top of the GM and the traditional #ttrpg solution is to keep selling those people more advice and tips instead of lessening their load. This level of burn out has been normalized, but it's not normal.