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It's a sad thing that the idea of designing a new sort a Braunstein (or at least some form of warbands/domains/skirmish based wargame...

I’ve found that when things like this pop up, it’s good to check the Encyclopedia Magica. I pulled it up in Volume III and it’s not...

Yes, it is a bit vague. My reading is that the scroll grants total protection from all the effects of the breath weapon. In Unearthed...

Well, I guess I'll start this thing off. First, I've never attempted one of these before, so I'll just lead with that caveat. Alright...

I'm a 3.0e player though I have been playing since the early 80s and have some familiarity with the Basic/Expert and 1e AD&D versions of...

I’ve said elsewhere on this forum—I believe in a discussion with @Mannahnin—that the post-Gary TSR had a shot at viability had it...

Eh. I think they're meaningfully different products. You and I are both gamers, who got into the game books and actual D&D first...

This strikes me as a reasonable take. I think that Williams and others managing later TSR get a lot of blame for bad decisions (and...

While it’s probably forgotten now, but 2E initiative was the best the game has ever had. Roll low mechanic is the best for initiative...

TSR tried exploiting the contract with Random House and it totally backfired on them, which had to be predictable by those in charge...

There was a recent episode of Reading D&D Aloud where Ben Riggs gets into this with a guest and it’s actually rather apologetic towards...

While there are definitely major blunders, some aspects could also be positive. The Dragonlance books, much though I may decry the...

In all my life, I never saw a single person say they were running TSR Buck Rogers games. I know Gygax got a lot of crap for some of his...

I’ve got two of them actually. Apparently it was more expensive than they were selling it at and it didn’t move well. I’m trying to...