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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...

Not spread over 3 levels it isn't. They might do for a single level worth of psion spells, but still seems a bit short.

Just now joining in at the original questions: 1.) No, I don't think that is railroading. 2.) As a player, my definition is when the...

My friends and I did see the first trailer for Star Wars, and while it gave no hint of the megahit it was to become, it was enough for...

Related to what I mentioned previously, you might find some of these perspectives helpful to consider (though themed on the roles of magic):

My knight uses the lance at first (one-handed with shield), then switches to his battleaxe or mace in melee. I was pretty intentional...

Public playtesting has transformed into a brute force tool. Here's the game. Tell us what you think! It's a lot more subtle than that...

FWIW, my impression is that this is no longer the case. I've heard nothing but good things about the new leadership that came in last...

Heaven forbid lore actually means something. You want a baby dragon rider, get it. Just don't make it the purple dragon knight. Then...

Thanks! I probably will play with others before I propose homebrew next time, but it was fun solo roleplaying those out to see how they...

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

Well, with that resume, I'm certainly not hiring Dancey for my RPG start-up! But I'm not going to hold all of that against him as a...

Trust your designers.

My feelings exactly. If I wasn't already fully invested in Shadowdark and Dragonbane this would be in an instant purchase for me.