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We said goodbye to our old gal Kay-Kay last weekend. We adopted her from the shelter 6 years ago, where she was the oldest and longest resident. They said she needed a place to spend her last few years, but her time ended up being longer - and more lively - than anyone expected. I came to dogs...

My dad did have pretty gross eating habits. You know that really loud smacking lips while eating? We made peace in the end and had a few good years together before he passed away around a year ago. Oddly, I credit being the "worse son" for making me a better person in many ways. I have a split...

I guess it comes from the idealized, "independent and rugged" American concept. Our guidance counselor was also a gruff football coach, who encouraged me to get respect by playing sports (since I was an overweight kid, I should be good at football, right?) My dad was a coach as well, and after...

As I've recounted many times here, my group and I have struggled to bring our tastes together in a satisfying game experience. This time, I'm trying to get us started on the right foot and plan for the game, including them in a more major role. (In the past they've usually said "we trust you...

I wouldn't say that I was "abused," but I was ridiculed and outcast because of it at times. Examples: My older brother convincing my religious mother that fantasy was corrupting me and had "actual magic" in it - just because he knew I loved it and she'd take it away. So my fantasy novels and...

I feel like this might be a "cheat" because it's not a typical megadungeon, but I LOVED the Vault of Larin Karr from Necromancer Games in the 3.5 era.

I'm curious if those who enjoyed this have DMed or played other large dungeon adventures or mega dungeons? If so, where do you rank it? How well do you think it holds up to being mostly complete without a lot of DM customization? I compare it to Caverns of Thracia, Rappan Athuk, Barrowmaze...

Yes. We went from Dragonheist and the hooks didn't seem relevant. Hooks like that are artificial and don't really tie the adventure together.

I heard that it coincided with the staff forming a union, which has impacted their ability to "force" employees to attend conventions, afford equal accommodations and opportunities for everyone, etc. If I had to guess where I heard this, it was from a former Paizo employee who is now a YouTuber.

Logic may agree with you. Fun, exciting gameplay to capture the imagination of your players does not. Go big. Get them out of the gate. I'll give you an example from a megadungeon that I run for my home games - which I was writing for publication before 3.5 ended and the 4E GSL derailed my...

I'll give you one of my examples. I was running it for my group. In a two-hour game, the group exploring the 1st level found an immense room that had as its solitary detail a single dwarven boot. Granted, the path they took was not especially interesting, but it ended up "empty room after...

It's bad. It's boring. It's incomplete. In my group it's described as the "big, empty dungeon of nothing." It's basically the equivalent of someone just drawing a bunch of rooms on graph paper with nothing to fill them. Just download some free maps from Dyson Logos and populate them yourself.

GM has enough responsibilities than to need to rebalance the game, restructure the flow of combats, figure out how to give non-magical healing, etc. If the players don't want to play the game on its terms, then the GM might need to pick a game that's not based on team-oriented play. Do Call of...

I'd like to rediscover the joy of gaming again. I'd like to put my creativity into games instead of running pre-designed adventures that follow a script. I'd like a "home base" of a system that I can be familiar enough with to let me not stress about learning mechanics and searching for the...

I have two weekly games and two games that are biweekly, averaging to 3 times per week. I also have a game that is roughly once a month, so we'll go with 3.25 sessions a week.

I have a gaming table. It can pretty comfortably seat 6-8 players. It has a recessed area for board games, attachments for drink holders, a DM side extension, plug-ins for charging electronics. It was one of the cheapest options on the market, and the company is now defunct. Is it MUCH better...

I think they're usually under your account. I had 1, and it was a source of shame and embarrassment. I never want to get another.

I bemoaned Eberron when it was first released in 3.5 ("no airships and robots in MY D&D!") and my 4E purchases were pretty light, so I never got the Eberron books for 4E. I picked up the Rising from the Last War when it was on deep, deep discount on Amazon several years ago. Only now am I...

For me, magic item values in later editions were a helpful addition. Too many times I've encountered an AD&D (or now 5e game) that has gotten extremely off course because a low level character got a magic item that was too powerful. I don't think magic items need to be in magic shops, but some...