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There's a Black Dragon Inn in Greyhawk!

It wouldn't have occurred to me to make a sword out of a horn! Nice idea.

My wife insisted I pick up and paint the WizKids Marid mini. She doesn't play D&D and doesn't know what a Marid is. She just thought it looked cool.

In my last session, the player characters defeated an adult black dragon and it was a lot of fun. At the end of our session, I told them I'd figure out something fun to do with the corpse. And by fun, I mean let's make some magic items. So think of what parts of the dragon you might use to...

They killed a black dragon!

A lot of us never really gave the supply chain a second thought until it was disrupted during Covid. Even now, many of us don't fully appreciate just how complicated and sophisticated the process of producing and getting the product into the hands of customers really is.

Heck, too many editions can cause some confusion among customers. Imagine trying to explain to grandma the difference between Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia, or Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition so she knows what to get you for Christmas. Or...

I was just thinking how out of depth I am on this. As someone who doesn't run a business, someone who is involved in an industry that doesn't deal with tangible goods that are sold, I am completely unaware of the intricacies of relationships and contracts between a producer and a vendor who...

One of the reasons westerns probably remained in production for so long is because the infrastructure was there. What I mean by that is you had western movie sets, costumes, props, stuntpersons, horse experts, and everything else you needed to shoot a western right there just waiting to go...

It is a problem. It's probably why comic publishers like Marvel and DC need to reboot every once in a while. You get to the point where you have a mentally unstable, gut-toting septuagenarian veteran of a war that ended 50 years ago running around looking like a dude in his late 30s or early...

I'm going to be honest with you, I haven't seen Deathstalker in more than 40 years and I've never forgotten it. I forgot all the sexual assault, but I sure remember the violence and nudity. Among the many cheesy fantasy movies we got in the 80s, it certainly stands out. I stand by my...

Here's the thing. Someone is always going to complain, so you can't just sit and do nothing out of fear. Someone would probably complain if you did nothing. Since the first Vampire game was published in 1991, the World of Darkness has always been connected to the real world. It incorporates...

At least the armor is realistic.

I'd have the owner of the vehicle make a Luck roll because I'd assume they were the one taking care of it. There are no rules in Deadlands suggesting PCs automatically reload their weapons. I'm sure such rule exist in some game somewhere, but I don't think I've ever encountered it in any game...

How much is an RPG book worth? Right now, I think many of the RPGs I purchase cost anywhere between $50-60, and I think they're a bargain at that price. In 1989 I paid $18 for the AD&D 2nd Player's Handbook which comes out to the equivalent of about $41 today. And while the PHB in 1989 was a...

I always thought of skilled play as how well players handle the abilities of their characters to accomplish goals within the game. Like if the PC comes across a small opening in a wall that's just a little too small for them to fit, so he decides to cast Grease on himself to make it easier for...

Ha! In Curse of Strahd (again), the PCs were invited into the Abbot's home where he treated them as guests. The PCs noticed at item they were looing for on his fireplace mantle. When the Abbot was in the other room, they stole it and left. When the Abbot caught up to them, he was pissed, and...

And that's fair. The situation isn't the same so the solution is also unlikely to be the same. I just find it a bit unseemly for a for-profit enterprise to ask for donations.

I've generally found offers of food tend to make players suspicious. Like I'll have an NPC offer food and drink to a PC and suddenly they're paranoid that I'm trying to get one over on them. The only time anything like that has come close to happening was in Curse of Stahd (if you know, you...

What's "proper" Mexican food is a matter of debate here in the United States though I think there's universal agreement that Taco Bell isn't it. Like most fast food places, you go to Taco Bell because it's convenient and tastes good enough. I don't know about the UK, but here in the US Taco...