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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 &...

In a white room fight without improvisation, the goblins are aware of the Thief. The Thief doesn't get to sneak off or backstab.

I old what OSE brought to the table but it’s still got a lot of different systems. Roll low for this, Roll high for that. Etc...

Are the goblins aware of the thief? If so, he cannot backstab them. That's it. It really is that simple.

Some people feel weirdly proud about the incredible feat of... checks notes... preferring some things over others... Congratulations, I...

I might have an answer, as someone who was unimpressed by Shadowdark for the last year, who wondered the whole time "What's the big deal...

Trachtenberg said he had ideas for more Predator stories. Not that he had ideas for a Badlands sequel. Prey and Killer of Killers were...

I'm not sure why you're acting like you're in a fight here. Shadowdark is a streamlined d20 game that uses modern innovations...

This really is a pointlessly small nitpick about a fairly old movie, but in The Mummy Returns, the scene where they're racing to get...

Good lord, NO. Noooooooooooo! I would never want to tell another player that they're having badwrongfun, but if we're not rolling for...

I know that D&D has been getting all sorts of wide spread acceptance but, this was a new experience for me. I teach online English...

I don't see how it being fictional makes a difference.

That is really a subjective question and depends on your taste. What I find to be “better” you might not like at all. For me...