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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...

Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In traditional D&D campaigns, the world is often a frozen tableau that only springs to life when specific...

Im currently using a Battletech fan made system that leans heavily on narrative aspects off the table to build a story around the...

I have one player who straddles the at-home and library game, so the continuity makes for some entertaining war stories when he catches...

What's ironic is my understanding is this is how Gygax ran his campaigns originally, just one big sandbox. We've gotten away from this...

I've run a version of my superhero campaign world for over 20 years and through at least 4 or 5 systems. The conversions are always the...

I have run up to three groups in my Liminal RPG game set in the Lake District in the 2010s. Two of them are now inactive, but the third...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

I've actually never really gamed with alcohol as a DM. This was the first time. I'll say this: there's a limit. I actually think it...

Officially no. Unofficially, as adults and we clean up after ourselves, yes. We play regularly from noon to 5 so eating is kind of a...

Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...

The story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is a tragedy of American history: a cautionary tale of class bias, social anxiety, and...