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D&D 5th Edition Is Deeply Flawed, So Why Not Play Something Better? - Kotaku

D&D 5th Edition Is Deeply Flawed, So Why Not Play Something Better? - Kotaku

D&D 5th Edition Is Deeply Flawed, So Why Not Play Something Better? - Kotaku
Sep 17, 2021 2 mins, 15 secs

Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition is known for being two things above all else, depending on who you talk to: really approachable and easy to play, or a total mess that dilutes a lot of the distinctive factors of previous editions of D&D.

This piece will help you find more games that you will also really like.

In fact, I really like crunch.

Couple this with immense brand recognition, and 5e is great at getting people to play it.

...But that doesn’t make it great to play.

The 5e DM’s Guide does include a short section about introducing Success at a Cost (also known as partial successes) into your game, but doesn’t provide DMs a framework for doing so.

Players who were new to the game did not have the familiarity with the medium to creatively problem-solve their way out of scrapes, which is the key problem with D&D.

Partial successes, which see players get what they want but with an additional consequence, have become a mainstay of the independent space.

To use another system as an example, if you roll a 7-9 in first edition Powered by the Apocalypse games, you get a partial success?

Roll a partial success on attacking.

And it does help many players develop those skills, which is why some people love the game!

I’ve watched group after group of people who want to play TTRPGs bounce off of D&D because its rules as written do not encourage them to do the exciting, creative storytelling they actually want to do!

So now that I’ve denounced 5e, I’m going to shout-out a bunch of games which do a great job of doing the things they want to do really well.

If you like crunching numbers, and using those numbers to tell interesting stories, try Lancer.

Lancer is a game about giant robots in a massive space war, and the system really leans into the “about robots”-ness of it all.

For games about scoundrels, look no further than Forged in the Dark games like Blades in the Dark, Scum and Villainy, and Beam Saber.

They’re built around managing your character’s stress, and the competing goals of your crew’s members, which makes them incredibly fun to play with dramatic people who like taking big swings.

For people who just like telling short fun stories with their friends, there are a ton of one-shot games I absolutely love.

The Skeletons is a really interesting storytelling game about the skeletons guarding a dungeon slowly remembering their past.

I love this stupid medium a lot, which is why I want people to try new and interesting games.

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