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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...

Slightly OT, but will there be an Essential Ranger's Handbook after this? ;):)

Yes, as a big fan of both The Man With No Name and Lone Wolf and Cub, I absolutely get what they were trying to do. I just don't think...

But you did play out the 8 int. That's all I was talking about for my part. How you do it is up to you, and IMO that's how it should be.

See, this is exactly what I mean. You have a very specific idea of what stats mean, and now that it's your opinion and not someone...

I really don't think GMs or other players at the table should be auditing one's roleplaying performance.

I mean, my general expectation (and what I do for my own 5e characters) is that a low stat (generally anything at <=7) will have some...

I'd disagree. If we're talking about the theory and design of RPGs then a well-considered take on what stats are and do is very much...

I think I saw something in the Knock zine - Time, skills, tools, potentially environment. If you have all of them, no roll needed...

Blade Runner, Alien is there as well, and Stalker. I like atmospheric quality.

Raiders of the Lost Ark Princess Bride Ghostbusters Honorable sequel mentions Star Trek II Terminator 2 The Empire Strikes Back

I have so many: The Rear Window The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Jaws Raiders of the Lost Ark Casablanca The Godfather Stand By Me The...

Fellowship of the Ring. I love all 3 movies, but Fellowship is essentially perfect.

I really like the Shadowdark approach. Basically for thief-y kinds of things, Thief characters are assumed to be successful if they...