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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 think the more complicated a character is, mechanically, the smaller a set of those things a player is likely to hang their...

Agreed. As I said upthread, your attributes can be a rich source of material for roleplaying, but they are not necessary.

The Blight and Defile spells just scream Darksun.

Just skimmed through it. The two new class choices are juicy.

Yes, at this point, your opinion is well documented. I’m just pointing to games that still have potentially deep roleplaying despite...

See, this is why we can't have nice things. :D

You might find the book at this link interesting, it makes a pretty solid case that a lot of late-20th-century woo has its roots in...

Yes, at this point, your opinion is well documented. I’m just pointing to games that still have potentially deep roleplaying despite...

. . . unless the ignorer is the OP?

I have, and I have mixed feelings about it. First of all, I strongly prefer @mearls’ Greyhawk Initiative from an old Unearthed Arcana...

Or worse, that the creator of a thread can in effect boot you out of that thread by ignoring you, after you've already posted in it...

Honestly the problem with the vampire is that it's a striker with basically no double-tap abilities, reactions, or bonus action attacks...

Read Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman, which is a pleasant enough romantic Die Hard romp set on a Mars colony in the near future. It's...