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1974: D&D, the tiny game that revolutionised games by providing a framework for making up things. 2014: D&D the bland 900-page game that doesn't make up enough quickly enough. The opportunity for players to easily make up new stuff from the existing forty years' worth of stuff already made up...

I've looked but I haven't found anything in several issues either side of WD76. All I've found so far is his Zytra, Lord of the Mind Flayers piece, which appeared in WD33's Fiend Factory (the same issue in which I have a Traveller contribution, coincidentally). Anyway, I'm sofa-bound with man...

I use a laptop for DMing and have done for the last eight years. It's just so convenient and improves my game immensely. To my surprise, however, given the number of iThings and their ilk, only one of my players currently brings a device (an iPad) to the game. He uses it as a combination of...

I'm not saying otherwise, Bluenose.

In discussion of D&D, I can usually discern between stated opinion and stated fact from context. I'm not saying most games (of D&D) aim for 'high-lethality', however you want to define that. I'm saying that most games of D&D feature a risk of PC death. And they clearly do. Almost every...

Should I add 'in my opinion' to everything I write? Of course many different things can make a campaign memorable. My belief, however, is that a player is likely to appreciate having attained a high level more, if said player has had to survive the campaign's hazards longer, as in from a low...

As I DM, I'd rather see a TPK than the death of one PC. At least that way, no one feels any more despondent than anyone else about the outcome. As a player, I'd like to be able - if my PC should die - to bring in a new first level PC and not be ridiculously out of the picture, if only because it...

TC, that was a great link to share, thank you. If I could also XP Steve Wollett for his interview, I would. And how I envy people who can write: "I played this adventure at Gen Con back in 1979 or 1980…" Makes me feel young. Nearly.

Here's Arneson's recollection of events. That's true.

Thank you, Simon. That was an insightful piece; you have my respect for your attitude to your writers and other collaborators.

I was talking about trademarks but whatever. When countries differ on points of law, we don't all default to the harshest. Is that how you think the world works? Oh good grief. As has been pointed out several times, it looks as though the generators weren't protected by that licence, either...

Flippin' 'eck! I never knew much about this setting but now you tell me there are Kzinti! Thanks for the link.

Others have observed that Pathguy's work was a minefield of potential trademark infringement. I don't know if that's the case or not but there's a wider problem with the nominative use defence and that is this: It's US law. Trademarks must be protected internationally (unless you want to stick...

Henry Yep. Premium production values, enticing subscription model, no external advertising. They do it very well.

I'm not so sure a mimic has a natural shape. I've always thought the first shape a mimic forms is one suggested by its immediate surroundings.

Traditional mag publishing (and I have some experience of this, from Crash and Zzap!64 to White Dwarf and a swathe of titles from Future Publishing) depends (watch out for that tense) on ad revenue. The maths would work out like this: your monthly (or whatever period) sales, from newsstand to...

By using the 'ignore' function.

I love your priorities. EG, if you're adapting to Numenera, is S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks too obvious a candidate? It has a science-fantasy theme that would lend itself readily to adaptation. Otherwise, you've already been given some good choices in the replies above. I'd just advise...

I was introduced to Tuvan throat singing by Richard Feynman, though alas not personally.

Ah, good one! I doubt that a harpy that sounded like this would have much success with most parties but I'd be a sucker for it.