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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...

TSR Inc. published Dragon #102 in October 1985. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. This issue features gully dwarves...

I guess what I mean is you have to do a lot of advance planning: what feat tree do I want? What skills do I want to focus on? You're...

Amber Glenn ripping Lorwyn packs with Alysa Liu is one of my favorite Olympic moments

"We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents"

Right. When the PC is trying to figure out whether a NPC is lying, the player doesn't usually know the answer either. Thus the player...

Star Trek has far more magic than just Psionics... Practical fusion tech. The Phaser. Transporters Warp Drive Impulse drive with rapid...

No, not at all. The character still has to implement the player's plans. If I come up with an idea that I think will persuade a guard...

The nice part about off-turn actions (whether reactions or just a more flexible action economy) is that they keep people engaged...

I'd also argue metacurrency in some of the mentioned games (FATE and Cortex) requires you to engage with the characters background and...

I'm one of those who objects to "science" in "science fantasy" as a label. Most of it is just fantasy in space, and some of it is just...

But what is it even representing as a procedure? Even game procedures are there for a purpose. I think if the players responded to it...

Give it a go if you like the look of the trailer. I think it’s worth the effort. There is some obvious anachronistic stuff - the tech...

I'd accept that was the case about three cycles of discussion ago here. I don't think so at this point, however.

Nightfall Games announces their feature title will be paired with Pinnacle Entertainment's storied game engine to create Savage SLA...