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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 &...

Yes. Most folks, though, don't opt to stop. They have buy-in to the linear adventure. The key is that you CAN get off, not that you...

Even if apples exit, no reason to suppose they are being baked into pies. They are a cultural thing, European, and only go back around...

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...

It's far more important that a narrative is generated than that generation of that narrative is balanced.

Two: a 15yo son and 12yo daughter. Despite being younger, my daughter is far more of a grumpy teen than my son.

While I think it’s clear that hiring another actor - literally any other suitable actor - would probably have made for a better scene...

Two: a 15yo son and 12yo daughter. Despite being younger, my daughter is far more of a grumpy teen than my son.

Even though I disagree with the pseudodragon at will, I am totally on your side here. Chain pact is very good. Especially in the utility...

But once you do that, hasn’t the adventure stopped being linear?

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...

I like static outcome targets when the system is designed for that and they are divorced from the GM. Eg: PBTA 2d6 rolls are what they...

How you feel about something makes a significant difference in how and if you engage with it. It's hardly a moot point.