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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Simplify, Don’t Add When I'm referencing "simple games" I'm specifically discussing games that are simple...

Now that we’ve established the basics of simplifying a game, let’s work through how to make a game simple. Picture courtesy of...

Like many Ravenloft tabletop adventures, five adventurers are plucked from the realms by the mists to find themselves in Barovia. As...

The 80’s remain one of the last times of weird wonder in the world. It’s a time when kids on bikes could find a secret pirate ship...

Free RPG Day 2025 happens on Saturday, June 21. This is your chance to get some free roleplaying games. What is available and what...

See, that post up there is why I tell people not to even TRY to do 1E by-the-book, but just use whatever works for them. 1E is great -...

I remember my days with 1E, where I read the initiative rules, then picked up my worn copy of the Otus cover Basic red book, read it's...

The fourth and final issue of the Far Trader comic arc is now out! You can grab your own copy right here, in both print and PDF: Far...

This is all preference anyway. I don't see how my comments about how I like to play are a problem for you, or why I can't describe the...

You seem to be confused. "Intent and task" is Burning Wheel resolution. It can be applied in other games played with scene-framing and...

When we see an RPG rulebook that quotes verbatim the entirety of Robert's Rules of Order we'll know the end is nigh.

Obviously. I'm not confused about people being surprised. My post is about the mechanic, and how it relates to the time sequence of...

There's some interesting ideas here. I had one of my own that I've had in use for several years: "a character who carries a weapon in...

I do think those are certainly part of typical rpg campaigns. But I also think the term clearly applies to just random encounters (which...