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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...

I do recall a conversation about it. It wasn't framed as useless to anyone but new players. Some vets wanted it as well.

I have, in this conversation, repeatedly advocated for pastiche. By all means, bring on the Lovecraft Pastiche to Ravenloft, that would...

Switch to 5.5E, combine the parts of 5.0 you like with it. Sprinkle in some ToV, and use the buffed versions of the 5.5E spells that...

I think the issue here is that "12 year olds" and "teens and early 20s" are actually pretty different demographics. You're going to...

Elves.

Dark elves? Hot demon ladies? The d20?

Yes, I know. I know several adults who are big into Lego. My point, though, is that it's hilarious that they stop at 99. What is it...

Elves.

In my campaign, this was resolved by switching to a variation of side initiative. My table doesn't play a lot with the weapon tags.