Sean Merwin
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For sure. And that leads to the final one, which is the chance to grow your character, the chance to grow the world, the chance to change the story, and the chance to expand the rules as your character expands. So we see things like Demon Lord and Weird Wizard. Rob was very smart by saying, this game is meant to be played for 10 sessions.
For sure. And that leads to the final one, which is the chance to grow your character, the chance to grow the world, the chance to change the story, and the chance to expand the rules as your character expands. So we see things like Demon Lord and Weird Wizard. Rob was very smart by saying, this game is meant to be played for 10 sessions.
And by doing that, he eliminated that need to make so many rules, to make so many expansive adjustments to your character that D&D has to do and gets into trouble because it has to do. Uh, so you can just go level one to 10 and you can level everything and you're always getting one cool thing that you can add to the character to make it fun to be continuing to play. Yeah.
And by doing that, he eliminated that need to make so many rules, to make so many expansive adjustments to your character that D&D has to do and gets into trouble because it has to do. Uh, so you can just go level one to 10 and you can level everything and you're always getting one cool thing that you can add to the character to make it fun to be continuing to play. Yeah.
And so, you know, that's that I put those two games in this list as a good balance between those things, because when you do have to expand, when you do have to support that ever growing need for updating and keeping fresh your character and the rules, you can avoid a lot of trouble having to do too much.
And so, you know, that's that I put those two games in this list as a good balance between those things, because when you do have to expand, when you do have to support that ever growing need for updating and keeping fresh your character and the rules, you can avoid a lot of trouble having to do too much.
So that was sort of my top four things. Did you have any additions to that?
So that was sort of my top four things. Did you have any additions to that?
Yeah. And so thank you to Matt and to Ben Rook and to, uh, eight, nine, eight, nine, uh, something, something. Yeah. Chris, thank you, uh, for those questions and keep them coming. We will answer some every week. Now to get into our news and commentary section, we're going to start with wizards of the coast being pinball wizards. Well, Stern pinball is here for you. Uh,
Yeah. And so thank you to Matt and to Ben Rook and to, uh, eight, nine, eight, nine, uh, something, something. Yeah. Chris, thank you, uh, for those questions and keep them coming. We will answer some every week. Now to get into our news and commentary section, we're going to start with wizards of the coast being pinball wizards. Well, Stern pinball is here for you. Uh,
We see more and more licensing of D&D, and now we have Stern Pinball showing off a new licensed D&D pinball machine called the Tyrant's Eye. What does the pinball machine do? It features the beholder Xanathar, it's a master of the Cult of the Dragon, an emerging red dragon head, a gelatinous cube you can roll through, and more. What did you see in this video, Teos?
We see more and more licensing of D&D, and now we have Stern Pinball showing off a new licensed D&D pinball machine called the Tyrant's Eye. What does the pinball machine do? It features the beholder Xanathar, it's a master of the Cult of the Dragon, an emerging red dragon head, a gelatinous cube you can roll through, and more. What did you see in this video, Teos?
Yeah, Michael Dorn, who we all know as Warfun in the Star Trek universe. Kevin Smith and Chris Prenoski, filmmakers. Luke Gygax, critical role cast members. My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way is part of the cast, a longtime D&D fan, and even more. So, yeah, just a cast of thousands, if you will, for a pinball machine. And so when you buy yours, which are you going to buy?
Yeah, Michael Dorn, who we all know as Warfun in the Star Trek universe. Kevin Smith and Chris Prenoski, filmmakers. Luke Gygax, critical role cast members. My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way is part of the cast, a longtime D&D fan, and even more. So, yeah, just a cast of thousands, if you will, for a pinball machine. And so when you buy yours, which are you going to buy?
Okay. If you could actually put tires on it and drive it, I would consider. But... I mean, you could. Yeah, I'm gonna have to make some friends who can have this.
Okay. If you could actually put tires on it and drive it, I would consider. But... I mean, you could. Yeah, I'm gonna have to make some friends who can have this.
Now, if you have your gaming group of seven people... And you have your own special place to play. Chip in $1,000 each, and then you can buy it for your gaming group and invite Teos and I over.
Now, if you have your gaming group of seven people... And you have your own special place to play. Chip in $1,000 each, and then you can buy it for your gaming group and invite Teos and I over.
There you go. So we go from pinball to anticipated role-playing games. Fans have voted on the 2025's most anticipated role-playing games on EN World. Let's do the countdown. We're going to start at number 10 with Starfinder 2E by Paizo. Number nine is Alien Evolved from Free League. Number eight is second edition of 13th Age from Pelgrim Press.
There you go. So we go from pinball to anticipated role-playing games. Fans have voted on the 2025's most anticipated role-playing games on EN World. Let's do the countdown. We're going to start at number 10 with Starfinder 2E by Paizo. Number nine is Alien Evolved from Free League. Number eight is second edition of 13th Age from Pelgrim Press.