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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 think we had this discussion before, but that was the one thing that bothered me with the 2024 edition. I thought the 2014 edition did...

6e is the sensible naming convention. There are bigger differences than there were between AD&D 1e and 2e. And it is abnormal to...

I honestly cannot wrap my head around the objections. If we logically accept that the 2014 version of 5e, is not the same as the 2024...

Zigmenhotep has a video about the new version. He's done a series of videos on various classic editions. Skip to 7 hiurs, 25 minutes for...

I don't think fiction is required to match real world science to tell an entertaining story. I don't really think it's about people...

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I just finished Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix. It’s a really great non-fiction book about the horror boom of the 70s and 80s...

They do, at least to some degree, if they want folks to believe in the imaginary world they're creating, and they ideally IMO call out...

I normally just call the rules “D&D.” If I told my groups we were playing “5e” tonight or “2024” they would look at me with abject...

I can accept that the term 5.5 isn't as catchy as it could be, but "false and misleading"?! Come on!

I've had this argument a million times before, and I have conceded loss, but I still disagree with you here. I think 5.5 is the silly...

I've always felt that when it comes to tech in fallout, most ofnit doesn't work, but the tech needed for the plot does. Like the rocket...

Even just narratively speaking, five seconds is not a lot of time for some people. I mean, just going around the table and asking someoe...