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So how was your 2025 as it relates to TTRPGs? What did you play and/or run? Did you start and/or finish campaigns? Did you try new...

Traveller 'goose 2E Pirates of Drinax campaign (GM). Was going well online until this summer hit and all my players have kids and busy...

Kept on keeping on. Friday table: My friend is primarily DMing 5e, our campaign that started in late 2023 is nearing its endpoint at...

Good Question 2025 was a good year I would say. I’ve phrased it as the Stop, Start, Continue approach we do at work. Stopped (or should...

Interesting. How did that come about? Were they pick up games in a store/online or was there just a lot of changes in your group?

How on earth have you managed to play 26 characters in only 14 months. That’s like two characters a month! To answer your question...

...has got it going on? She's all I want And I've waited so long Grendel, can't you see? You're just not the troll for me I know it...

@TheSword opened with referring to The Witcher, and the stories revolving around monsters tend to come in one of two broad varieties...

In horror and grimdark games I like to give monsters Motivation, Compulsions and Fetters which should then be used in game to build...

Because it was Hrothgars singing that proved Grendel, or because they slew her son?

Yes, I’m all for letting monsters be monsters but exceptions are always interesting à la Eberron. I’m interested in how a monster or...

The funny thing is that Vulcans are among the most passionate, emotionally driven species in Star Trek. Rather than their natural...

Examining the human condition through the eyes of a monster is exactly my goal with Vampire: The Masquerade (V5 especially), but that's...

As part of my ongoing re-read of the Witcher series (finished the first book and onto the number two) I was struck by how much I liked...

When Morrus first offered me this role, I took it begrudgingly. I wasn't sure I could handle the organizational weight of running a...