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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...

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...

I've played Star Trek 2nd Ed, and Dune, and run Dune I didn't get that feeling at all. As far as I've seen successful rolls where you...

Maybe, but if you're making sweeping statements about a game and how it went and referring to how others experience the game (which that...

How does one houserule balance into something that is significantly and pervasively unbalanced? That's literally saying that one...

That isn't really the distinction, though. It's about leaving enough granularity in the system for those interested in the rules as...

The DMs Guild never had a good signal to noise ratio - it was always full of a lot of very amateurish material. Some of my early...

A thirty year old pair of speakers, still form the core of my home audio system

I typed out a long rant, but decided to delete it. It's not really the place, and it's not like it matters what I think. I'd get some...

One piece of older tech I’m “worried” about losing eventually is my iPad2.* My current iPad blows it away, so why does it matter...

I picked up a neat little book recently called Petty Gods. It really got me thinking because it is a collection of just-above-human...

Yeah, I still use two Hotmail accounts that I created circa 1998, when I was running the website for my local motorcycle riding group.

The main value proposition seemed to be freelancers who wanted to build a resume and take advantage of the IP while doing it. .