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Good question. One answer I can give is the one you already know: I’m currently a player in the Enemy Within campaign, using WFRP4, which is great. The other would be A5e, which is the system for the Scorpion Age campaign, run by @Steampunkette , which is also fantastic. Many of the other...

Huge congratulations! The shop looks great and the opening day seems a real success.

Or a brave warrior/paladin pushing someone out(ish) from a fireball, giving them advantage on their save at the cost of disadvantage on the warrior/paladin’s save?

Good luck in this venture. The photos look great. It’s a fair journey from London, UK so I might not be able to drop by, but very best wishes.

We actually used a pit trap to our advantage this weekend: our mighty, but clumsy, paladin blundered into it, but miraculously rolled a 20 on his dexterity save and jumped back ( shout out @TheSword ). The pit closed. Next encounter was a couple of mummies in a nearby room, who were quiescent...

Until I retired, I actually was a Headmaster, but sadly my plan to rule the entire human race ever came to fruition. In retrospect, I needed to have enrolled 4 out of 6 of your PCs.

A couple of posters mention choice of character names, which raises the question of players who choose “silly” names and whether this impacts on other players and their suspension of disbelief. The reason I raise this is that my tabletop group tends to play quite serious and dark-ish fantasy...

Treat each other with respect. Not really a problem in our group as we’ve gamed together a long time and are close friends. Nothing overtly sexual and absolutely no sexual violence. Fade to grey is just assumed. None of us would tolerate racism, homophobia or any discriminatory comments...

I think it always was the gateway. After playing White Box and 1E, my friends and I played Chivalry & Sorcery, Runequest, Traveller and Bifrost among others. Always returned to D&D though.

Gor blimey, me ole cobber, sounds like you’ll be ‘avin a right larf in yer old tomcat, wot wig all them space gavvers, beamin’ Up, down and owls yer father! You’ll be needin’ one o these ‘ere hayzzee fantazzees wot me dear ole cousin, God rest his soul, gave me as his dyin’ wish. Normally I’d...

Enjoyed the story. Hopefully, you will continue to write stuff and enjoy the buzz from so doing.

Breaking obviously evil laws to help others is an inherently Good act. The Robin Hood legend is an example of this. As a more modern example ( but avoiding current politics) a person such as Sophie Scholl (and the other White Rose activists) were clearly Good, because they broke the laws of a...

I agree with you regards Red Hand of Doom, which I've ran as DM, and Dragonlords, which I've played in. I really enjoyed running Necropolis back in 3E days, and I think my players did too, but I'd just got back from the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, so I was in a bit of a buzz.

The Night Below is awesome. I also loved running the Giants series (several times over many years), Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Rappan Athuk. Caverns of Thracia and Dark Tower are wonderful adventures by the supremely talented Jennell Jacquays. Being a bit grognardy, I love KotB. I’ve never...

Thanks once again for these awesome articles. I remember the Thieves’ Cant dictionary; never actually used it because I’m from the East End of London and would just use Cockney rhyming slang when I played a rogue! Less fondly, the open letter from Gygax was certainly a disappointing jolt to...

First: Aelric, a Fighting Man in White Box Original, back in 1976. I was 13. He got to Level 3 and was killed by orcs. I still mourn his passing. Last: Well, I'm playing three simultaneously in three different games, so let's got for Arkaeus of Myrkona, the brutal, deadly warrior, with a heart...

My lot, including @TheSword , just got a butt-kicking from the trollkin on level 3, narrowly avoiding a TPK by a full-fledged retreat.

Very sad news. His work helped make the Fiend Folio such a beautiful, quirky book from those early days of D&D.

Great question. Personally, I have used loads as a DM and also love encountering old stuff as a player. My favourites include: Greyhawk as a setting The Giants series of modules Tsojcanth and Tharizdun adventures Anything by Jennel Jacquays, particularly Thracia and Dark Tower The Keep on the...

As a (very fortunate) player in @TheSword ’s Enemy Within campaign, I’d testify just how evocative and effective the 4E system is. I love the whole Old World feel and the ruleset seems to allow you to smell the sewers you explore, feel the cracks of your leather jerkin, taste the sour beer in...