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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...

Seconded. Note that WOD: Combat is, in essence, the Street Fighter RPG combat mechanics stripped of the SF IP. It's a great tactical...

But the GM makes the world in games I prefer, so they set the bounds of the simulation. And I can accept that other people's opinions...

I'd argue that the level of crunch, complexity, and vast amount of content eventually hits a point where it's difficult to support. A...

That was my initial thought. But I've been surprised by the language used my Jonathan Tweet. Example: He has several posts on Bluesky...

A lot of metacurrency doesn't automatically come to you either. But I think if you don't understand why the "meta" part of that matters...

I do have fun with them, and avoid meta-currency and other rules not representing something in the setting whenever possible. If my...

Been craving some Star Wars ttrpg play lately. Trouble is, my wife won't play SAGA because the accuracy math makes too many wasted...

At long last, we have woken Dretchlor from the classic adventure Don't Wake Dretchlor