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Managing a table of ten players is less like storytelling and more like air traffic control. In the heat of my weekly library sessions...

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...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...

Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...

Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...

The new staff probably haven't been burned yet by the general public's insatiable need to be jerks to them on social media when they...

Yeah, I think I like Bridle better too - hadn't seen your post when I suggested it :)

In my experience, both as GM and as player, it does. My actual point is that I think GM burnout--a reason given by other posters for...

Good they are doing this stuff. I'm not sure I learned much. "three year process" to make something sometimes!

The Gloomcliff Frontier is a Shadowdark RPG campaign setting blending post-revolution intrigue, chaotic wilderness, and ancient mystery...

If you check, you'll see I've never criticized someone because they're doing token or avatar play, per se. That's a playstyle like any...

I’ll always be fond if 3E/PF1 E6 for this reason. Then again, what do I know? I’ve been happily running Traveller for a long time now.

The fact you don't see the difference between mechanics that encourage and those that force isn't making your argument look less...

Not even for one moment. Do GMs actually run games they don't want to run? Does that actually happen? I don't know about others, but you...