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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...

Yes, I also write a lot of those sorts of actual play reports. If you look at my Torchbearer 2e reports, you'll see that they have the...

Where I think my play reports might lack some detail is in combat. Here's an excerpt from a report of a D&D 5E game in which I tried to...

Yeah idk, the book is widely accepted to have some serious organizational issues which maybe results in people getting a little lost...

Are we assuming that the boatload of prep is specifically relevant to play? Lots of prep isn't really. There's also the question of...

Sure. Alternatively, you could also run Numenera, which also fills the niche of a far future post-post-apocalyptic science-fantasy...

FREE STAR WARS!

I would love to see that. The current Star Wars RPG is solid, but there's no evidence they're ever going to do more than reprints. I...

Having dealt with 0e for four years I fault you not. The thing was a hot mess. AD&D was welcome. The Monster Manual was a joy, all...

I mostly meant incorporating gear, monsters, etc from different games. I like my science-fantasy to be WEIRD.

The class isnt the subclasses. Both classes are simple. Especially when discussing class design, objecting that a class isnt simple...

An example from something I did for publication. This is the set-up for an adventure of mine called Unseen Alchemeticals. The important...