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This month Ian Livingstone notes that times are changing in the industry. In the 70s you could pretty easily create a game and get it...

Not sure what to buy your beleagured Dungeon Master this holiday season? Here's some ideas, presented from least to most expensive...

This should have been a poll. And at least setting wise yes, they never understood what fans actually want from setting books, hence...

Quotes often heard at the game table, from both movie and TV: "Why do I feel like we've picked up another pathetic lifeform?" -...

We haven't reached those spacetime coordinates yet. ;)

Try Dragonbane or Shadowdark. People in those communities actually like the games they play, instead of whining all the time. Maybe...

Haha, I love this quote and have an equally unimpressive impression ;) Empire Strikes Back - "Laugh it up Fuzzball" Star Wars - "You...

See and raise, @Richards: Caesar: hnnnn. NO! One of the sequels to the prequels. Doc Holliday: "I'm your huckleberry." Wanda...

As usual with OSR style play,I think the answer is "it depends." I would allow an attempt at Disadvantage if the target was being noisy...

In 1985, I saw Marillion at Le Bal du Lézard*, a small bar in Quebec City. I was sitting 10' away from Fish singing. (*still open)

I think the fundamental issue here is a discomfort with players wanting different things than the DM does. I think it's a control issue...

Also from The Lion in Winter' The queen's monologue about war

"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."...

Unless you are paying me to play in your game, I'm there to have fun. Good luck finding those hardcore players.