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It seems like there’s a natural line from the Nordic Black Metal Apocalypse of Mork Borg and the apocalyptic sagas of viking mythology...

Who is Brandon Sanderson? Brandon Sanderson is one of the most prominent fantasy authors writing today. If you haven’t heard of him, it...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In theory, party order is a neat line where everyone stays in place. In reality, boredom, fatigue, and...

One of the ongoing goals from the Wizards team over the past 11 years has been to make it easier for new players and DMs to get started...

Not DnD is a weekly show discussing tabletop roleplaying games. In September we are looking at tabletop RPGs for a sci-fi setting! Blue...

“Old School” fantasy tends to refer to games tinged with elements of sword and sorcery fiction. These are your games with Conan-like...

Thanks! I oversaw the running of D&D events at PAX West, which used the Starter Set for all the Demo and Learn-to-Play events. The same...

Teos has had the Starter box for a while now, I think he ran events or saw them ran at GenCon and he talks about his experience using it...

The title says nearly all of it. Is the bottom banner ad no longer closable? I can’t find a close control on it. Thanks! TomB

I think for me the further it goes, the further it moves from the romantic image of pioneering space exploration at NASA to generic...

14d+1 would give a more natural spread. Nah players want to see what happens. Even 6d6 damage is unlikely to be significant in 5e...

Agreed! Then the takeaway? It breaks the very spirit of the game to introduce DM-facing rules in D&D that compromise the DM's ability to...

And that's why you've chosen a game to play that in theory gives you that.

Thanks @Alphastream for the great review! Is there any combat encounters in the Keep on Boarderland section or its mainly roleplay and...

depending on the age of the carcass I can do that in the real world with just a few minutes of examination. One of my big issues with...