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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...

Wizards of the Coast has made another D&D game designer - this time tapping Erin Roberts, creator of the Godsbreath setting seen in...

Breathing better and better. Sleep seems good too; finally got a new humidifier for the bedroom in the new place, too. Wednesday...

Right,like making choices bounded by the fiction and not arbitrary metagame rules meant to emulate a totally different medium.

Yeah. I mean, why is Starfleet the US Navy? Not the navy of India, or a country on Vulcan or Andor? Or a mix of them all? None of it...

Having watched the level of kludging that needs to be done just to make bog standard PHB classes work in Fantasy Grounds (it takes fan...

I loved the mechanics of the Shadowcaster. To me, it was a really great way to build a balanced caster that wasn't overwhelming to...

If all you need is some text you can attach to a level then yes, if ability X starts changing some numbers on your char sheet then no

But is genuine art rather than a cheap retread

I won't say I know the details, but my guess is that classes are far more complex to put in the system and requires far more work to...

Not this then. 1984 TSR- but it has the X-men. Does this mean- Dark Sun confirmed?

I assume that is pretty far down the list. The main considerations probably are popularity and ease of integration into DDB. Maybe also...

For me, "Modern" game design means "streamlined" and not having different fiddly subsystems for everything. Do I have to look something...