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I haven't seen a dwarf PC since I ran Curse of Strahd way back in 2016. I've seen a few halflings and gnomes. My stance on species in D&D is that I don't care for the most part. I might not want players to pick anything that flies or is size Tiny or something like that, but they can go...

Throughout most of my life, I've always been able to find the time for social activities. But bear in mind I never had kids, which makes things a bit less complicated for me. I was able to game in my 20s, but things became a lot easier for me in my mid-30s because a lot of people my age had...

The Mrs. and I watched it today and both of us found it enjoyable. There were some pretty solid gags throughout the movie which was funny and dumb just like the first one. The time we spent watching it was well spent. It's not going to change your life or anything, but it was worth watching.

Generally speaking, the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics is considered a fairly reliable source for inflation. According to the BLS, $60 in 2018 is the equivalent of $78 in 2025. Generally speaking, the BLS is considered a fairly reliable source for inflation. So the 2025 price tag of $70...

The way I see it, a campaign comes in two basic forms. The first type of campaign is a series of scenarios whose only real connection is the PCs running through them. This is basically how I grew up playing AD&D. Some modules were connected, like The Secret of Bone Hill and Assassins Knot...

As a DM, I have a similar issue. When I come up with a campaign, I typically have an end game in mind, and the vast majority of the scenarios I run are taking the group towards that end. I might have a few filler adventures now and then, but for the most part it's just full steam ahead. Once...

I've got a pretty stable gaming group and we've been meeting regularly for more than a decade now. We started a new D&D campaign in late January or early February at level 1 and the party is 8th level now. But I've been using milestone leveling instead of experience because I hate calculating...

Singer and mathematician Tom Lehrer died. Lehrer pretty much got out of music and went to teaching before I was born, but thanks to Dr. Demento I'm familiar with a lot of his songs. 97 is a good run...

Keep in mind here I was referring to the 2nd edition of Legend of the Five Rings and not AD&D. While I played some 1st edition AD&D, 2nd edition was the one I bought my own books for and played the most. If I had a preoccupation with realism I would complain about dragons, magic, and that...

I was astonished to read in the 2024 PHB or DMG the authors suggesting we should just start campaigns at level three, completely bypassing levels 1 and 2. I can only conclude that levels 1 and 2 are so boring even WotC thinks they should be skipped. I guess they lock things away at level 3 to...

I think 2nd edition was the first time I'd ever been disappointed in a new edition of a game I had previously enjoyed. I cannot remember exactly what it was about 2nd edition I didn't like because it's been so long. The last time I ran a campaign it was for 4th edition, which had some...

I wish I still had this. As I recall, it came with some pretty cool handouts the Keeper could fill out for props. Like dental and autopsy records.

Which edition of L5R do you refer? One of the things that impressed me about the 1st edition of the game was how well suited the rules were to the setting.

I don't know about the lore, but I do think the mechanics of a game need to support the tone and genre the game is going for. If I'm running a swashbuckling Three Musketeers style campaign and the rules make it extremely difficult to swing from a chandelier, jump off your speeding horse onto...

I'm pretty sure one of those is a Sir Mix-a-Lot reference.

I'm kind of with you there. While I have a generally low opinion of Wizkids miniatures as a whole, they do have some monstrous miniatures such as dragons, beholders (obviously), their flail snail, and a few others that look pretty good and come in at a good price. But a significant portion of...

I read all sorts of fantasy growing up, but I didn't read Lord of the Rings until shorty before the movies were released. I didn't care for them but I've got to acknowledge this is because so many of the tropes he developed made their way into other works which I had read. It's like twelve...

I typically cut the pegs off and glue the mini to the base. I hate the clear bases though, and end up painting them as well and using basing material.

I was a bit surprised I didn't hear Fortunate Son at the beginning...but the trailer didn't disappoint. I'm reminded of a movie called My Science Project where they shoot a t-rex in the belly with a grenade launcher.

I walk a minimum of 2.6 miles daily going at a speed of just over 3 miles per hours. Sometimes I walk 5 miles maintaining the same speed. The original story had the walkers maintaining a pace of 4 miles per hours which I think is untenable for most people. If my life were on the line, I could...