For the past year and half or so I've been running Numenera, Dungeon World, and now 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. All three of these games are fast and flowing and play smoother than a lot of other games, especially earlier incarnations of D&D. There are a few reasons for this but in my opinion the number one reason is the lack of modifiers that impact dice rolls. Until playing these games, I never realized how much time and energy was being wasted every time a player went to roll … [Read more...]