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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...

That is a cool find. Another option: a vulture, also Medium size. Personally, I'd consider house-ruling a Tiny or Small size...

well the problem is the martial attack is based on attacking a high AC. If you add the INT/WIS/CHR of the mage to their armor that...

You can grab the quick start rules here: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/products/shadowdark-rpg-quickstart-set-pdf Have fun!

well using legolas is what I call the outlier. What they did in the movie with him was just F'ing stupid. In the books he was a bad...

Like many films from the 80s, Krull isn't really a "good" movie . . . but it is a "fun" movie . . . but it's mostly nostalgia that puts...

So it's wrong to categorize experiences and preferences? If that was any kind of issue then the OSR movement wouldn't have existed...

I went to my local convention yesterday and found out that the big, multi-table epic was cancelled for Saturday night. There was some...

Nah, it's relatively accurate for except for NordicLARP. No more an issue then calling people 'Killers, Explorers, Achievers' etc, etc.

This is what I disagree with. I think the "what" is more important than the "how". A frontliner can fight using pure martial badassery...

I would have it where any spell with the mind-affecting descriptor can prevent a psychic spell from being cast.

I disagree with the MMO “Tank, DPS, Healing, Magic” role thing because it literally comes from D&D’s “Core 4.” Fundamentally, other...

And? What's the threat here if I do silo other people? What are the consequences that would prevent me from doing so?

A fascinating find. The Chrysomallon squamiferum is living proof that nature has a forge older and more ingenious than any fantasy...