Welcome back to the weekly Tabletop Games thread! This thread is where we can talk about all kinds of RPGs, card games, board games, etc. Whether you gather around a physical table in the real world, or use a virtual space to play with friends who may live far away from you, this is where you can discuss your favorites, ask for and/or receive recommendations, recap your recent adventures, or even find some people to play games with!

Discussion prompt: The 2024 rules update for D&D 5e has arrived! Yesterday was the official release day for the new Player’s Handbook, though early access through D&D Beyond, physical pre-orders, and copies sold at Gen Con have already been out in the world for a while. The Dungeon Master’s Guide will be coming in just a couple months, and the new Monster Manual will be released early in 2025.

The new PHB updates all of the player options for 5e (ie, classes, backgrounds, species, feats, etc), as well some general rules revisions. For example, Surprise and Exhaustion mechanics have been streamlined, grappling and shoving rules have been tweaked, and rules around casting more than one spell in a turn have been simplified and clarified. I don’t want to go through all of the details here, but I did find what looks to be a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s changed at this site. For today, I just want to know: if you’re playing 5e, do you plan to switch to using the new rules immediately, adopt specific changes as you go, or just continue using the original version? Also, bonus prompt: “The 2024 rules update for D&D 5e” is extremely clunky, so what are we going to call it–5.5e, 5.24, Rev5e?

If you would like to suggest a prompt or contribute a write-up or discussion topic of your own, let me know in the comments!