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I’ve played D&D since 1982, and I’ve been through every edition. When I started DMing, I started collecting – and I still have all the books, modules, and Dragon and Dungeon issues I used over the years. I have favorite adventures I reuse, favorite settings I revisit, and favorite themes I...

My tabletop group has plans to play our first D&D game of the year next weekend, but some of us were able to get together Saturday and play some other games, just for something different. We intentionally avoided playing an RPG, trying out some of the new games my family got for Christmas as...

My tabletop group has plans to play our first D&D game of the year next weekend, but some of us were able to get together Saturday and play some other games, just for something different. We intentionally avoided playing an RPG, trying out some of the new games my family got for Christmas as...

Years ago I created a magical subset for my 3.5E Planescape game, inspired by the geometers from Al-Qadim. Forgive its length, but I present it for you now. A glyph is a geometric shape charged with magical energy. The form and execution of a glyph taps into the essence of the multiverse...

Years ago I created a magical subset for my 3.5E Planescape game, inspired by the geometers from Al-Qadim. Forgive its length, but I present it for you now. A glyph is a geometric shape charged with magical energy. The form and execution of a glyph taps into the essence of the multiverse...

My Dark Sun game, in which I play a human psion named Polis Thaelin working to restore divine magic to Athas, is simple and uncluttered by the need for worldly possessions. Treasure is sparse, but the only crucial items are “survival days,” those ephemeral packets of everything you need to...

My Dark Sun game, in which I play a human psion named Polis Thaelin working to restore divine magic to Athas, is simple and uncluttered by the need for worldly possessions. Treasure is sparse, but the only crucial items are “survival days,” those ephemeral packets of everything you need to...

As you may have guessed, I live in a town called Greeneville, which is nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. My tabletop gaming group is named after the town. We’ve been going strong for 10 years now, despite our location, and I’m proud that we’ve managed to keep our...

As you may have guessed, I live in a town called Greeneville, which is nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. My tabletop gaming group is named after the town. We’ve been going strong for 10 years now, despite our location, and I’m proud that we’ve managed to keep our...

I just saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Friday night with my wife, and I’m jonesing to play D&D. Unfortunately, it being the holiday season, my players’ schedules are all full, and there’s little chance of gaming until 2013. So while I have free time, I’ll be working on evoking the feel...

I just saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Friday night with my wife, and I’m jonesing to play D&D. Unfortunately, it being the holiday season, my players’ schedules are all full, and there’s little chance of gaming until 2013. So while I have free time, I’ll be working on evoking the feel...

It’s that time of the year when I break out my goose quill pen and bottle of squid ink and lovingly pen a Christmas wish list to Santa on a sheet of vellum. I give the same list to my wife and kids, but I never hold out much hope – I bet all my chips on Santa. My family gives me things I need...

In 2002, some WizOs and wizards.com patrons got together to start a D&D campaign. Ergeheilalt, Tisca, and myself agreed to DM the campaign in a round-robin format, trading off between adventures, or if real life interfered with game preparation. Ergeheilalt set the game in his homebrew world...

Technology has always been a part of D&D. Don Kaye, a friend of Gary Gygax’s in his original campaign, created the character of Murlynd, who wore a Stetson and sported twin six-shooters. Murlynd’s house was detailed in the module The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, featuring electrical lights...

As a 12-year-old, I spent every waking moment crafting D&D adventures for my friends to play. The older I got, however, the less time I had to devote to creating encounters from scratch. Thankfully, there was a wealth of modules in the early D&D days that presented the DM with the “bare bones”...

I am a diehard gamer. I love the latest player character race, the latest setting, the latest class. I buy all the adventures, even though I’ll never run them all. When I get the chance to play, I’m not worried about character optimization – I want to play a cool combo or character with an...

Like many gamers my age, my first exposure to the horror genre in D&D was Ravenloft the module. Written by Tracy and Laura Hickman, it stands the test of time because of the rich backstory, the well-developed characters, and the salute to classic archetypes. Count Strahd von Zarovich and the...