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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...

Burning Wheel is pretty clear on what a GM can do to dice pools by spending Fate or Persona for a NPC. Marvel Heroic RP is pretty clear...

I loved Pierce Brosnan Dr. Fate and would watch the hell out of a JSA movie with him.

It tracks. Hal doesn't really acknowledge Guy very much and everyone hates Guy.

I keep hoping for an adaptation of Justice League Dark so the likes of Doctor Fate, Deadman, The Phantom Stranger, and Zatana can get...

It’s a B/X derivative with several of its own classes (Enchanter, Friar, Bard, Hunter, Knight) as well as almost entirely new races...

Dolmenwood sounds very whimsical with fairies and such and I guess a lot of it could play like that, but as I read through the campaign...

On the subject of Arnold being too old I'm reminded of the fact that when they filmed the original Commando there is a scene where John...

It's about a very specific approach to what 'setting' means. The idea is that the rules should focus solely on play within the setting...

But it represents something in the setting, so it can't be meta.

First, I do get the difference. I'm curious in exploring why one is more acceptable to some folks than others. Take a Destiny point...