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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 &...

I really think that wasn't their intent, though. They simply assumed that the kinds of changes they were proposing were a natural...

I have mixed feelings about Kelsey’s decision to use advantage to reflect skill bonuses in Shadowdark. Because while I appreciate the...

This is only my experience, but I have found myself leaning hard on the narrative setting the difficulty level. Sure a T1 character is...

Trying to do something different and interesting isn't the same as exclusionary. The fact that people felt that way is something else...

In China? Yes, some is. In the USA? AFAIK, illegal in all 50 states.

Sister harpies help each other out with their feet, combing hair, picking lice, putting in little bits of stolen jewelry, etc.

Not my favorite Dragon magazine cover, not by a long-shot. But it does scream 1985. It could be used as an ad for an arcade game...

Yeah, I see this kind of comment fairly frequently, and I know I’ve seen you say it plenty of times. To me, it makes about as much sense...

How does that harpy put its cloths on? It has no hands. Somewhere there is a mad wizard who wants a harpy to help protect thier lair...

Yeah, I'm currently running straight up 5E but no alignments. They have a place but I don't find them useful at the moment. Of course...

Yes, but not just those.. I'm talking about the extent to which I have to shift my attention from the situation at hand to consulting a...

I disagree. Fighters get to choose what they're good at just like everybody else. If some versions of the game give them fewer choices...