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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...

You’re mixing things up again. No one uses skills for NPCs to influence PCs as you’re stating. I don’t believe anyone has advocated for...

My definition would be this. If the final resolution of a character's mental state and decision-making is always made by the player...

Then maybe I am misunderstanding avatar play. I thought it was akin to wearing a costume of your character, but it's you inside.

I don't think it's as simple as that, unfortunately. I think preferences re: interating vs. reinventing are quite complex and a lot will...

Cool. That's the idea, then, basically; PC actions, be them purely from roleplaying or from failing a Diplomacy check or losing a whole...

1d6+level temp HP, flight, 300 feet darkvision, and half cover was too disruptive?! Wait until you hear about a Warlock who knows how to...

He's come a long way from reading my articles verbatim on his channel with no linkbacks to them.

Introduction 00:00 Introducing the panel 00:54 Why State of the Game? 02:54 What is a Season? 04:10 Seasons are for new and veteran...

Sort of? Every Cursed Scroll has a dungeon, as I recall, but most of them are focused on a big overland map, other than the one issue...