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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've noticed a large uptick in the number of tense combats around my table since the release of the '24 MM, both as a DM and as a...

I find overall that they are easier to handle, especially at higher CR/level. An example would be casters with simplified spells and...

Aaaand...Welcome to the addiction.

Luckily we have an in state sharing program so if the book is at any library even many of the colleges and universities ones through out...

It does feel like we are rapidly approaching a time that human art/creativity will only continue if people make the conscious choice to...

that Drow entry contradicts your point, rather than supporting it. The Drow summary is for worlds other than DL. The DL specific part...

I plan on it. I'm just starting with the ones I can get from the library now and then I'll slowly track down others as I get through...

The Discworld books have quite a few different arcs, and which you'll like depends mostly on which characters appeal to you. My...

Different strokes etc. I'm not the biggest fan of the witches, but I love the wizards. What? Death is hilarious! Funniest character on...

Pyramids and Moving Pictures are good stand-alones, not requiring any knowledge of the rest of the series. Pyramids is traditional...

I just don't do "you had something stolen" storylines. In my experience, it doesn't lead to compelling gameplay. I haven't had players...

The Watch series is certainly the most accessible (although it has morphed slightly from being about the Watch to being about the Life...

I don't disagree, but they set up things pretty nicely, and as Unseen University is one of my favorite aspects of the setting, along...