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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...

I agree with you, but I think Dancey, and folks like him, don't seem to understand that when they say "it'll free creatives up," what...

It’s obvious that this was a deeply foolish and also deeply unkind thing for him to say, though I think the latter was unintentional. It...

It's an interesting read, but it's no different than all the other industries that were destroyed before them. Look at the poor luddites...

So, have you read Cortex? Because you're approaching Cortex - they generalize that kind of dice-pool creation. Varying the target by...

I mean, I think it's a major point of contention (and a difference in playstyle) as to how much diegetic reality the character-based...

No, they don't. Simply put - you don't go looking for cancer in medical imaging, or paths over Martian terrain with a LANGUAGE model...

What you want (extreme outcomes being less unlikely) has nothing to with degrees of success, you can have those with linear distribution...

They are the same thing. When you prioritize profits over people, that is evil.

Is that proof of something? We could also enumerate amazing, beautiful, high-quality things that have been built by people motivated by...

See, even after seeing my qualifications your assumption is that I'm an idiot that doesn't know how to use the tool. It's never the...

Had a fun combat last night with some 2024 ochre jellies vs. a Level 4 party. The jellies have more HP and are also a bit faster (10 ->...

Honestly, the perfect encapsulation of what D&D psionics should look like is right here. Somatic components flavored as the head...

In my experience, nostalgia can very much be a drug.

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...