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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...

Yup. Some good ol' days, and good ol' adventures. I'll be putting at least one more actual Eamon adventure in the EAMODOS quest list...

In my experience the biggest problem with the classic Paladin rules was that they told uncertain and new DMs to do bad things. Not to...

Yes, I think they’re very much based on zaibatsu or Korean chaebol (which are similar but if anything even more diversified and...

I guess there aren't very many good 5e GMs, then, given how many folks around here champion the idea that prioritizing player desires is...

In my opinion, you switch it out when you get a better magic item. If you take Polearm Master, you're assuming that magical polearms...

Just reading over the 2024 definition of the Flee command: it does not indicate what sorts of actions the target must take. That means...

Indeed, but in this case they all mean pretty much about the same thing.

Truly a tragedy.

I've actually never really gamed with alcohol as a DM. This was the first time. I'll say this: there's a limit. I actually think it...

I still don't understand, given the history of the game, how so many people have convinced themselves that 5E is the holy grail...

At the fist of of taking us back to our medieval roots… I’m a big fan of The Kingdom. Such a good story. With a satisfying beginning...

I am content that existing OGL 1.0a-licensed works and future derived works may continue. I believe they --- from third parties, anyway...

If the viewer believes the illusion is real - say, of a wall where no wall really exists - then they'd react accordingly, I think. If...