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In Dragon Magazine, Ken Rolston had some nice words to say about WG7: It also won the Gamer's Choice Award in Dragon Magazine #151 for...

Containing dice with fast food inclusions? Or maybe a fantasy RPG Happy Meal, complete with miniatures and a small adventure?

PF1: Shattered Star, session 2. Those better not be stirges.

Big blobby brain thing blasted.

If we can look past some of the more unpleasant connotations of word choices, I think there is a significant branch of RPGs that really...

Back when I was playing AD&D regularly we established it as best practice to record HP rolls each level, just in case of level drain.

Oh! Not only does that make a lot of practical sense, but there's something about replacing the character sheet with an older version...

Canceled: IT problem in Guam (The DM is an IT guy. It was 10 PM Saturday night his time. We got about 45 minutes in when he got the...

I just finished the podcast. It was a blast to listen to. I started to read some of Peterson's books this year, but I'm progressing...

Because of level draining, I always keep old copies of character sheets. You never know, and that makes it much easier. Players hate...

Well, to be fair, I was trying for "funny" over both "helpful" and "true"....

I don't think this is entirely helpful. And it's not really true. From day 1, streamlining and removing rules to appeal to newer gamers...

In other news, in order to appeal to a new generation of gamers, the 2025 Edition of Chutes and Ladders will include only Ladders, no...

Level drain is useful for moving characters between campaigns. E.g., my sister-in-law had a 7th level paladin in a campaign we ended...

I'm not sure if I'd call it "player skill" so much as "anticipating Gary's gotcha ideas." I think most groups for most RPGs figure out...