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My current dungeon has a very schematic Environment: Umbral Concentration Tier Ⅱ. Terrain difficulty 10 - the complex was...

Think of Environments as three things: prep to give you permission and reminders to do thematic stuff that gives life to a scenario, an...

That it's not yet public domain hasn't stopped many. Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea being the key exemplar, but not...

The UK, until 1974, used to use 1 Billion as 1 million million, ie, 1e12, while the US has always used 1000 million (1e9) as a billion...

And Action, action, action! Much of which is not enemies. Environments are important, and good enemies are, too. If one can pull it...

I've used Savage Worlds for Deadlands, and it felt VERY pulpy. de-pulping SW looks to be a fool's errand. I also played Spirit of the...

Tables aplenty in all the editions I have three - red cover FGU edition, another that I can't check because it's burried, and Rebirth...

[Citation needed] - not that I can't believe it but where is the aggregate? You're implying Vampire wasn't superheroes-with-fangs there.

I've played at tables where it does. Maintaining a consistent faux accent in play was rewarded by that GM with a +1 on your to-hits...

Oldest players I've played with were in their 60's at the time. I have one acquaintance who was still at D&D AL nights in his early...

There was a continental-level organized play of The Masquerade, the Vampire LARP rules, under the name The Camarilla. it was sponsored...

Which goes to sample selection issues. Most of the groups I've played in or run for, D&D is, minute by minute, mostly combat roughly...

Sometimes. Minis wargames, if it's skirmish scale, yes. For me, the division between RPG and skirmish minis game is just one of whether...

Yes, that's how stereotype seems to be (very mildly) encouraged, but all the other options seem to be fine as well, I can't see how they...

The term "roleplaying game" has not been firmly tied to actual roleplay in the theatrical sense since it came out - None of the pre 1980...