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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...

A slight aside - I have come across terminology that I find helpful. If a thing has a lot of moving parts, it is complicated. If it is...

I agree with you. Decisions should not be simple, but it doesnt mean it needs to be complex. If a decision between two simple options is...

To which a DM should be well within rights to reply "Great; but sorry, you'll have to find another DM 'cause there ain't no Tortles* in...

Sure, I'm merely pointing out why other people like it. If you prefer a more directed game it's not for you. Structurally it's more like...

Okay. Why do you assume that a game being designed so that teamwork is actually...fun and rewarding and the effective way to...

You cannot have both of these things. The GM cannot simultaneously be someone with control that, and also a human merely implementing...

I mean, frankly, I think I could argue this is sort of the modern equivalent of Dragon. Fan submitted stuff that gets the publisher seal...

Hold on just a minute there, pardner...you're overstating my position just a bit. I have no antipathy for teamwork where participating...

"Oh no, the warlord is giving me the opportunity to be a more effective character by using an ability that requires a willing target...

To me, that's even worse. "Hey, here's a bunch of plot hooks, but, don't actually follow up on them because they're not all that...