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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 &...

Legitimately enjoy your game. Though I don’t see the need to dunk on things you don’t read.

they the extremes of pure stasis and pure chaos are equally boring and miserable that thus leads to logical neutrality of opposing forces.

I get the academic distinction, but the fact remains: When D&D sneezes, the hobby catches cold. That's why I used the term de facto.

As someone who thinks D&D being the de facto face of the hobby is a bad thing, I was really hoping the OGL would disappear. And take...

Same age, similar length of time thinking about it, and I haven't nailed down the ultimate source either. D&D has just enough influence...

To be fair, I've heard the people of Istar put cheese on their apple pies, so the Cataclysm was entirely warranted.

I think that's a very interesting question because the sheer common-ness of the concept does suggest a common ultimate source, but I'm...

A Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake is in the works. Linda Cardellini is playing Jason's mother. Having her involved is enough...

Give it long enough and there isn't a difference between those two extremes. Imagine you take a bottle and fill it - in layers - with...

That would enter into a very fuzzy area as many tools integrate/use Ai in their methodology of operation seamlessly. Is someone that...

But what if the AI creates a start and then you put your own spin on it?

I find it helps to think of Warlock patrons as, well, patrons. You know, wealthy nobles who would pay artists to fund their art. It’s...