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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...

If you take warcaster yes

I saw a funny version once. You spend an action to automatically hit and deal your weapon damage. No modifiers. It could be blocked by...

I just watched it again and it is still amazing. It is so unapologetically in-genre, embracing what makes comics and Supes so wonderful...

Okay This does not follow. The PCs arent deciding the game rules. Combat is cinematic because of ghe game rules. Because enemies have...

I play a lot of RPGs with mechanical social skills. They don't fail.

Sea Linnorm was my favorite 2e sea monster.

Here's what it says here <Using Ability Scores>: The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster attempts an action...

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

No question that some of Simmons’ work is vile trash. But his best work influenced both my taste and my writing style. Life is complex...

Even if this were true -- and sure, I guess, why not? -- it doesn't figure into actually playing the game. It is meaningless statement...

I've had the Cantos on my shelves for years and haven't gotten around to it. I think that needs to change, soon. (I intend to read the...

I think it was one mummy lord and two mummies. We are level 7, with five player characters. Level 7 is rather early to get a Holy...