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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...

There's a reason they didn't reprint sea lions, Whizbang. We shall resume in an hour.

Yup. And some people avoid games with psychological disadvantage mechanisms for the same reason. I think I'm going to present my...

Y'know, one thing I would REALLY like is a book that takes all the monsters from the various adventure books we've gotten for 5E and put...

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)...

I agree that it is but the AI list is nonsense. :)

So we should thus roll out the red carpet and bend over backwards to help them be jerks, rather than lift a finger to do better? No...

That you keep bringing up how much the books empower the GM to be a jerk "if [they are] that kind of person" does not bespeak of such a...

Lol, I thought you were going to say "wonder if they'll be old enough to appreciate WotC's next release announcement"

Ok wow, just scanned through the link. Amazing, and something I'd love to run/play someday.

Well, in some cases, its not a hypothetical. People trying to sidestep their in-character social or intellectual lacks has not exactly...

Oh, aye? Then my mistake! That was a long time ago, Tony. I can't recall who bought what I guess, except I'd thought that LOG edited...

In your defense, DMs are intended to be able to grant circumstantial advantage and disadvantage whenever they want, and I think making...

Very different games. I played 1e for about 25 years off and on, and it's my favorite iteration on the official rules (assuming you're...