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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... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive... -
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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 &...
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TSR Inc. published Dragon #101 in September 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features the third... -
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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...
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doctorbadwolf reacted to zakael19's post in the thread Distinct Game Modes: Combat vs Social vs Exploration etc... with
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Yeah, I agree. The games I've played over the last year-ish that have very explicit social mechanics either via a multi-stage resolution... -
Cadence reacted to pukunui's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with
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Dang. Just discovered my water main is leaking again. Last time the plumber had to dig a hole in the driveway to fix it. Cost $3000... -
GreyLord replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is WOTC done publishing campaigns?.From an investor viewpoint, you don't have to be shovelling money, but a fan that does not result in some money coming in somehow (and... -
JohnSnow replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.You mean like Ned or Robb Stark, or John Snow; all of whom have multiple skills, are well-learned, persuasive, and can survive in the... -
Lanefan reacted to billd91's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
It may be one of those player kneejerk reactions that are kind of inexplicable. You can beat their PCs up, even kill them, and some... -
Cadence reacted to pukunui's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
I feel like the smoking in Stranger Things was like the sexposition in Game of Thrones - in the beginning, there was a lot more of it...
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doctorbadwolf reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Agree to disagree. The game needed a way to resolve characters being good at things other than combat, and basing it entirely on...
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SSmackpixi replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Is WOTC done publishing campaigns?.So, if I understand correctly, unless you are actively shoveling money at WotC, you are not a fan of D&D?
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Lanefan reacted to doctorbadwolf's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
A bottle episode adventure is a railroad now? Wild. Nah, unless you took them from what they were trying to do and made them go to the...
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doctorbadwolf reacted to JohnSnow's post in the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat? with Like.
Okay, so this may be a bit of a "hot take," but I've realized that part of the problem in fantasy RPGs in general, and D&D-adjacent...
