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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 was there. Yes, that was the plan.

No, but they do tell the designers, “stop using Unearthed Arcana to test meaningful new rules changes. From now on, it’s just a way to...

I like doing the work. Just in the last few years, I've run a completely classless game of 5e (characters got feats every level, and...

Yes. He made the classic management mistake of badly underestimating the difficulty of the job being done by his staff. He then...

Have you made, or are you interested in making, one for Starfinder 2e?

I'm in one right now (play by post). My Battlemaster 8 is a mounted knight and also the roving recruiter for the King's Army. Skilled...

Nah, the real issue is that Hazbro suits are so out of touch they think asking the players for feedback on the direction of the game is...

Indeed. I literally attended a training session last week and again yesterday because we are now required to use AI to generate our...

I agree with your post overall, but we do have some additional context about this now. According to @mearls, the original intent for...

But you do see how saying "the problem is competitive systems" (talking about the the problem of RPGs in general), taken together with...

Yes. But, in pushing back on the technical point, your argument looks like apologia. Here's the thing: Production of scientific gen...

Not sure what's in the starter set - I was a backer so I had the whole thing. If you mean "the First Steps" intro adventure, it's an...

I think this is wrong on the merits. Most immediately, Claude Code played a key role in the rover study. There is much more to say, but...