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Rob Kuntz is good at overselling his own words, I think is the problem with the article. Yeah, there are people who only credit Gary with the creation of D&D, but the full origin, with Wesely introducing single player characters and a referee adjudicating on the fly, and then Arneson developing...

I don't run D&D or play D&D to manipulate rules. I run RPGs and play RPGs to engage with a fictional world. That's the fun for me. It's why I play D&D with people instead of just playing a computer game. Computer games are great for testing character build choices and their impact on random...

It depends upon what style of play suits you. I'm running 5e in an old school style with enforced (vastly simplified, but enforced) encumbrance. I've put food and drink requirements on short and long rests (consumption of rations and water in order to benefit from the rest). During city or...

This is a falsehood taught by economists. According to anthropologists, within communities most pre-state societies either distribute goods by need or through systems of credit (some of which were/are highly social and highly complex; reciprocal relationships rather than ledger economics)...

And that is exactly why I always roll in front of the players. And man, there must have been a lot of attention on that second roll. (Well, except for things like stealth which they wouldn't know if they beat or not.)

For a certain play style, I think my self-inking "Stamp of Death" is a fun gift for a DM to commemorate the retirement of a character sheet. Customizable for different sizes and ink color.

I'm intrigued. I've been using a spreadsheet to key dungeons, but you're using a database? Please, tell me more.

"In Dungeons and Dragons, how do you deal with players who constantly find ways of wrecking all of your planning as a DM with ludicrous actions no sane character would take?" DMs can't "plan" what is going to happen. They shouldn't even try. DMs should only "plan" how NPCs will react. DMs...

This is what I wrote on the occasion of Trampier's passing: March 28, 2014 The world and the gaming community has lost another gem, one which might have been returning to us. Many others have posted wonderful recollections of his work, including this rare picture. I've never seen that one...

This kind of vague character assassination is pretty low. He failed to fulfill a kickstarter. That demonstrates he's untrustworthy at fulfilling a project, or handling money, or things of that nature. (As I understand it, his father died and he had a breakdown.) However, unlike others who...

If a dog can be trained to wait for permission before eating food, you'd think a human male could handle a similar level of restraint. At the very least, please put the effort into training yourself so you can drive safely if not for the sake of the women you encounter and your relationships...

Besides outing people with opinions like yours to the rest of the community, the publishing of these revelations has lead to public introspection, acknowledgement of harm done, a public apology, and an expression to change. Since you missed that, I'll quote it here: We can only hope that Sean...

No. The use of the word race was used to invent false differences between groups of people - even to CREATE separations of groups of people. Even when it is used to study society today, it is used to describe the CREATED separations (ie, the social constructs) of people with no actual...

Just examine your biases (which Tolkien didn't) and don't be lazy enough to base your fantasies on real world stereotypes. It's also still possible to like problematic things. Did I say it was widespread? Did I say that D&D was training people? You're putting words into my mouth. But folks...

Having to pass in both worlds gave them the practice so they could lie in both cultures. Edit: but then that should be a nurture trait and not a nature, right?

You really think it is that hard to not be insulting? What's amazing to me is that we have a single, concrete term with an acknowledged history of being insulting and people are resisting changing it for no other reason than "it's what's been done." Nobody is going to take away your elfs...

Yeah, the in-game consequences of sex would be a lot more game-able than in-game sex.

Assertion IS NOT argument. You can say 2+2=3 all you like. Why is it relevant? I'll expand: - People who are negatively stereotyped by race might be reminded of it. Many people on this thread have said they play games for escapism. I know I do. People who have been negatively stereotyped...

My semicolon was meant as an elaboration. I would agree that 'ancestry' is not as bad as race in its modern connotations, but it most certainly does have historical baggage in that some "ancestry" was deemed superior than others and was codified by law. I don't disagree that it is an...

The context makes that one very easy to tell the difference. (Though I have fond memories of juvenile hilarity in deliberately taking mouse out of context in regards to mechanical mice that used balls.) I don't think that's an argument to use it. Because while it is "true" in the imagined...