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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...
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Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...
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prabe replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.I might differ with you about present-day media and story length: It's really difficult these days to find anything that's not made with... -
payn replied to the thread Why do so many campaigns never finish? Genuinely curious what others think.I dont think so. Many TV shows get numerous seasons when they ought not to. They go incredibly long, have winding plots and sub plots... -
Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with
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Yeah, this definitely works better in Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu, Alien or Mothership, in my opinion, but "can D&D do horror" is... -
Distracted DM reacted to ersatzphil's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
I could totally see that, and I could see it working well. And I mean, you could make the Yithian's ancient library a domain of dread...
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TwoSix reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I once had my character's plans foiled and was subsequently killed by another party member whom I had earlier betrayed and who had... -
Distracted DM reacted to Phantom_Miria's post in the thread Check Out This Early Ravenloft: The Horrors Within Artwork with Like.
A lot of modern D&D art hasn't impressed me at all. This, on the other hand, looks pretty good.
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Micah Sweet reacted to CreamCloud0's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
sure, i'll try find and reread that post in a moment, but just because they have been made to take an action doesn't mean they have to... -
Fenris-77 reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
There are games where the stakes involved in a roll require the player to act in accordance, and rationalize, a decision that the player... -
I was wanting to make a post in this thread, and your post helped me focus my thoughts. To my mind, a lot of games that others...
