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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... -
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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... -
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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...
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Christian Hoffer posted the thread Wizards Hires Erin Roberts as Game Designer for D&D in *Dungeons & Dragons.Wizards of the Coast has made another D&D game designer - this time tapping Erin Roberts, creator of the Godsbreath setting seen in... -
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JJohn R Davis replied to the thread Spoilers A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.Fine unepic viewing
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Aeson replied to the thread Spoilers Star Trek Academy [spoiler thread].I'm enjoying the show. Tig Notaro and Gina Yashere are a cute couple. Is the one war cadet half Vulcan half Klingon? It looked like a... -
Micah Sweet replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".They both involve giving the player influence over the game in play beyond their PCs, so neither work for my interests. -
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There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many... -
MMonkeyWrench reacted to Mephista's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Amusingly enough, the definition of Elemental from the MM25 is still "hails from the elemental planes." Which is at odds with how...
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MMonkeyWrench reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
On the other hand, I do hate the changes to Beastmaster (that's a Tasha's thing, though) and other changes in the updated rules to...
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The Firebird reacted to Silam's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Makes sense. BTW, a campaign or DM with an "easy long rest" policy doesn’t necessarily mean the games are easy. Likewise, a DM making... -
Parmandur replied to the thread What videogames are you playing in 2026?.All novels would be improved in some way by having cool cover art...but a great novel can have minimalistic or even terrible cover art... -
TwoSix replied to the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out.".There's a big difference between giving agency towards what kind of scene will be presented versus how the scene will be resolved. Many... -
Minigiant reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General D&D Evolutions You Like and Dislike [+] with Like.
I don't think this can be overstated. If 4E had gotten just Paizo on board, the entire history of D&D over the last nearly 20 years... -
Parmandur reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread D&D General The $150,000 Question: How TSR Learned It Was Dying (And Why I Was in the Room) by Ken "Whit" Whitman with
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Now Ken is telling stories about the Buck Rogers game, from a first person perspective about that time and what it was like and how...
