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I'm almost always sitting GM-side, but I had a pair of Vengeful Children in my last campaign, and I think it's my favourite background now.

Party on, buds.

I've picked it up at conventions a few times. It looks interesting, but I can't quite bring myself to pull the trigger on it. Does anyone have an opinion or experience? It looks a bit like something an ambitious social studies teacher might spring on a small class.

I think I was around six or seven. A teenage family friend ran me through a simplified B/X-y dungeon with a giant lizard chained to a pillar and a midden room full of rot grubs. I was hooked, of course. Now I'm a parent, and I'm wondering how soon I can introduce my kids to the hobby. What's the consensus? What's the best game to start with?

When you're shopping online for TTRPGs, where do you go? Why?

Bonus Question for those of you who are putting your own stuff out there: Which one of these do you prefer as a producer?

I love love love Pariah, but I've also never run a campaign of it that felt like it wanted to keep running after four sessions. I saw from Luke Gearing's play report that his Pariah campaign didn't last much longer than mine. I also see people talking about how Mothership is 'only good for one shots' (though I'm into double digits with my Android Yes-Bot).

It got me wondering, how far has anyone really taken these systems? So please, share your Mothership high scores, tell me how long you lasted as a Pariah, or tell me about how you took a system that seemed short-term and made it go long.

See title. I've recently been running a B/X-derived Commando game for some friends. My buddy mentioned playing Recon as a kid, but I understand that's Vietnam-based? Have you ever played a campaign like this? How did it go?

I'm also interested in 'Weird-War' games as well. I'm aware of Eat the Reich, but haven't played it; my impression is that people maybe liked the aesthetic more than the mechanics.

Obviously, Deadlands is the standard bearer for this little corner of our hobby, but I see Frontier Scum getting a lot of love these days. Have you played either? Something else? What did you like? Or if you didn't like it, what made you bounce off?