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The story of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is a tragedy of American history: a cautionary tale of class bias, social anxiety, and...

It is with some measure of irony that in this month’s editorial Ian Livingstone asks “when will we see a British RPG on the scene?” It’s...

I launched my first session at my local public library, and I’m pleased to report it was a success. But it was not without a few bumps...

One of my goals that I've failed at year after year was finding an in-person gaming group. This year, it's time to change that...

The nominations were nominated, and the votes were voted, and now we have the final results: this year's official most anticipated...

December 1982's issue is all about Judge Dredd. As well as the cover and the adverts for the board game, there are plenty of figure and...

There's a fair bit more that defines the 'cosy' fantasy genre than simply the explicitness of the sex scenes. Cosy fantasy doesn't even...

Post Tashas D&D has absolutely trended towards cozy, twee, soft, lacking in edge, whatever one wants to call it. 5.5 went even further...

But ONLY if people actually use it appropriately. "Thou" is a subject word. It is the second-person equivalent of "I" and "he/she"...

But that doesn’t make other languages “prehistoric”. English is only a few hundred years old. There are elves older than English (which...

The core of D&D is adventure fantasy, sure. But what's wrong with stretching the genres of fantasy we can play in with D&D?

The issue with pronouns, particularly in languages like French or Spanish, is the grammar requires you to convey information about...

No worries, if this cozy feelings thing isn't your taste, I'm sure you'll be able to find another D&D story with higher stakes. Like I...

Wild Beyond the Witchlight isn't cozy?

Because those are artificial things designed to put humans in boxes. I generally prefer to keep people out of boxes as much as possible...