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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...

I do like a good random table (or lots of them) for my solo play... :)

For me personally (again, I am not poo-pooing writing focused solo rpgs in general) the less I have to make up, the more fun the game...

Huh. There are so MANY potential ways to roleplay a character, most of which don't really have anything to do with attributes...

Respect for something you can see is well done but not for you is a great thing, and helps make the world a more interesting and...

"Fluff" is no less important than mechanics, more so IMO. You can't model the world if there's no good description of it.

If I have a 3 Strength I wouldn't expect the GM to challenge me every time I got out of a chair, picked up a backpack, or tried to climb...

But what if their character isn't that smart?

I'll say it again: The WHOLE POINT of making 2024 "backwards compatible" was to NOT do this!

No. Players still have lots of setting to explore, and plenty of choices to make through their PCs (including looking for another way...

Oracles can surprise you, yes. But so does the fiction. Something is suddenly becoming obvious, something you haven't thought of before...

And the Thaumaturge is one of the more exciting classes, thats the sad part. They have at least with some interesting choices with the...

Level Up forever!

I was about to agree with you, but on further reflection, I think you're mistaken. I think that (in spite of your attempts otherwise)...