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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...

One of the best sci-fi books I've read was Children of Time. It had sequels but this book was pretty self contained that you don't need...

I wouldn't mind seeing the occasional shopkeep in a lower level of the dungeon. Reminds me of Nethack. Good times.

Right. I don't mean "Why is there a first level?" I mean "Why is first level training wheels?" 5E is the only edition to ever do that...

You sure we aren't looking at one of Bigby's spells in action? ;) Bigby's Fetching Hand.

Not being a fan of the TV shows concerned the Tommy Westphall dream always seemed a bit too contrived for my liking. I was always far...

Is that something that can be fixed by just manually adjusting the monster's HP?

Yes. Can't really know what the campaign is going to be like or what the character or party might need. In our current game, I was asked...

Definitely learned a lot from everybody here, just wanted to say thank you to everybody who has gotten this far, or just joining in...

It was decided that the training levels needed to be core for the big tent approach. Once you start telling folks to use optional...