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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 have a friend who uses AI to debate me in conversations, and it's annoying. I've told him I want his opinion on the history of heavy...

You get get off of a linear adventure. If in the middle of a linear adventure the party decides to teleport to Baldur's Gate for 3 days...

Two adults. One was a gamer, but I'm not sure they do anything but video games at this point. The other? Zero interest in RPGs.

Did not vote. All my kids have four legs and fur.

I agree with @Charlaquin earlier in the thread that it is better to define "railroad" as a verb -- it is something that the GM does to...

Ya. That's the issue for sure. I think we'll move to paper. Of course, my players need to learn the obscure rules that add little to...

I don’t know which position is yours since your 2 back to back posts explicitly contradicted themselves.

Well, you are on a computer messageboard, not reading a mimiographed fanzine you've gotten in the mail... The only constant is change...

I mean, I think people are generally in favor of the game being a series of "interesting" encounters; constantly having encounters that...

I think there are very few people who are advocating for that level of disconnect in a TTRPG environment, even if they do prefer to have...

Registry Desk "So far, so good. Pick a skill. What do ye do well?" Choose a skill and assign one skill point to it. Each skill...

When my son was in 1st grade (6 years old), we got a note from his teacher to please work with him on toning down the sarcasm, the other...