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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'm definitely in favour of 3.5e psionics, so having mechanics similar to spellcasting is my preference.

And I'm not a big fan of having attributes that don't serve the functions they seem like they should serve.

Degree can matter quite a bit in things like this. Like I said, there's not even any halfway consistent model in what D&D-style hit...

Curious. How does a character in a game that doesn’t do that have something stolen from them without immediately knowing it? Is it...

You said a lot but didn’t really answer my question. Surely tuning forks can legitimately be stolen. How does a legitimate case of that...

I liked AEG better when they were still in the RPG business. I love and loved L5R under their stewardship.

It does if those ideas don't make sense coming from your character. Would you use out of character knowledge at the table, for example...

I think the 2024 Monster Manual is a bit of a mixed bag, leaning toward overall improvement. Some monsters are definitely better, some...

I, on the other hand, would be fine with it. Played plenty of low Int characters, like they had a low Int.

"I noticed as a kid that when falling out of trees, my friends tended to go unconscious a lot, and sometimes die, but it didn't affect...

Binged the two seasons of "Queens of Mystery" (2019-2021 Acorn). Juliet Stevenson is spectacular as the narrator and makes me wonder...

Ryan Dancey, the Chief Operating Officer of boardgame publisher Alderac Entertainment Group, no longer works for the company, following...

If that wasn't a risk, they wouldn't be a smooth-talking player. That's virtually the definition of a player that's charisma higher...