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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...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...

Image courtesy of Pixabay. For years, my game room sat as a quiet monument to a dream: a dedicated space where I could play Dungeons &...

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 comes from pinball machines. If you tried to cheat by lifting the machine they went into ‘tilt’ mode.

I think when you mention Baldur's Gate, various people will have various interpretation of what that means. (If I'm being vague, it's...

Uh, I think some of that's Tolkien prior to D&D: Burgler Baggins. Dwarves like Thorin affected by dragon sickness. Bow-using elves come...

GM judgement and GM fiat also aren't quite the same thing.

There is a ton of GM judgement involved. If there wasn't we would not need principles about how to apply that judgement. What it is true...

Zinda is probably the most USA based setting in Radiant Citadel, with it's obsession with material wealth. The carnival that features in...

House did mention digitising his mind due to the danger of wanderers (or something to that effect). I assume that meant the courier from...

I've noted that all my biggest disappointments in Kickstarters are there. Though admittedly some of that was my own fault for not...

I have learned that lesson 🙂 But there is a difference between ‘too hard’ and ‘never even tried’ which is clearly in display in some cases.

Looks like folks got hard copies last year. So probably not a scam. Weird how people never got the digital copies. usually it's the...

True, if they just need a final financial burst for the last stretch it might be much more secure. But other scenarios... Even if they...