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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...

For NPC critters or 'loan a mini', the WOTC D&D minis from the collectable miniatures game. Bought hundreds on the secondary market...

I don't use Wizkids for the PCs because like you, I don't really like them. I do like their monsters though. So it sounds like we're on...

If anyone is purely mental, it's all of us here who were hoping for a different resource system for psionics in 5E.

Reaper Miniatures is one of my favorite manufacturers of fantasy miniatures for TTRPGS. I base this off their moderate price, the...

I used to collect a variety of miniatures, but realized I didn't like the amount of space they consumed on the shelf or on the table...

Otherworld miniatures from the UK. But I admit it's largely nostalgia for old-school metal minis for me. I was sad when they closed...

The early 2000s WOTC pepainted ones. They were cheap enough and the paint jobs were OK. I dont like the Wizkids one as much.

I mostly DM so I tend to like the monsters that can pull double duty and fill in for other monsters. I have some that might be a dire...

So am I right to be getting Hot Fuzz vibes? or is that merely coincidental

On a more cheerful note, written or in film, the scene at the end of the Two Towers where the cock crows and the horns of Rohan can be...

For me, the rise of solo RPGs has had a simple impact: it’s the difference between actually gaming versus reading and daydreaming but...

Folks have fond memories of the old RPGs and games AND can look at them with critical eyes of 2026 and call out the issues, with love...

I remember watching Chris Perkins run Curse of Strahd on YouTube with Dice Camera Action. Such a privilege to get to watch a writer DM...