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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...

They represent things that exist in the fiction. Why would we have rules for them otherwise?

Is it not the default assumption, especially within D&D, to have the GM take on that responsibility?

No. I'm saying the classes and levels are built to match the fiction. In the fiction the fledgling wannabe warlock contacts some...

So in your game the players decide the consequences of their actions?

I think the idea that human intelligence can be fully and accurately represented by a single number is very silly, and so any demand or...

Well, you just added that. I think that someone failing to play low INT to your liking isn't affecting anyone but you, but I'm sure a...

I get it. I'm not on a chess timer for turns. But when your turn comes, you get three choices: Act Declare you are waiting to Act...

My cousin Mike!

So, a neighborhood dog is in heat. My dog has been going crazy for the last couple of days. I guess that explains his behavior. My mom...

Right. I'm not talking about whole tables. I was very specifically talking about my table. What a group does over in Nacogdoches...

Yours, maybe.

Isn’t that how most of the game works?

How about instead you show me a single example of someone with an 80 IQ in real life who constantly and quickly comes up good...