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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...

Sure it is. I'm fully capable of deciding whether my character would fall for something or not. I can and do roleplay to the detriment...

I enjoy Deception, Insight, Persuasion and Intimidation. The loose system invites GM and players to establish goals, negotiate, create...

I find it decent at brainstorming ideas. I find most topics it gives some hilariously bad info. You can nudge it back but you have to...

If I "used Intimidate" it would look like this: The player describes a goal and means, which might be "I want to intimidate the orc so...

TO YOU. You have not articulated any proof that the apocalypse subclasses were given negative reviews other than the whining of people...

But what if it's objectively NOT an intimidating situation? What if the player is thinking that if violence breaks out the NPCs don't...

4e is a good game. I don't want to get into the pros and cons of 4e, or 5e for that matter, because I think it's besides the point. The...

All these years later, one element I would change is the way orcs are depicted. There's this whole thing about a divine contract forcing...

We do this thing called a Birthday Bash where you face everyone in armor one at a time. It wasn’t my turn but I had the honor in...

Agreed. But what I've been hoping to illustrate is that what that looks like...what any one sentient creature is going to do in...