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Congratulations to Chaosium creators recognised as nominees in the 2025 Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards (ARPIA). Best Artwork...

Thanks for sharing this Mike. Quite a few of us have been concerned about his sudden disappearance, so this is good news. I sent an...

In case anyone wants to avoid them, I made a list of humor articles and what elements they introduced. I've converted some items to 5E...

lol, I must be a curmudgeon as well! I just never found the joke articles very funny - they were clearly straining for a gag. Folk such...

Dragon Publishing released Dragon #96 in April 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features character...

Man, that guy is everywhere these days...

I am now including regular festivals in my ongoing D&D campaign. They've been popular with the players and have provided marvelous...

As an addendum, it has only just clicked for me that Arthur Collins, who wrote the taxation article, is the same person as the "Rev...

Jon Peterson's Playing at the World makes it clear Gygax wasn't using Tolkien as a base when he started out, but Tolkien was massively...

This issue features the cockatrice, fantasy taxes, and a Forgotten Realms adventure! The cover is by Dean Morrissey and depicts...

Alien: Earth is a new show about to hit our TV screens this week. To celebrate the latest addition to the Alien franchise, we thought...

Quite possibly! Do you know which of the older adventurers were good introductions?

We just finished our first adventure with Lord of the Rings 5E (it was interrupted by school holidays and some other games). Overall, it...

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...

As a broke kid, I poured over all the ads for Thieves World. Nowadays, there are plenty of fantasy cities full of scum and villainy, but...