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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...

What is your theory about Reality Fracture?

You can do that with a Universal Maneuver system. "I hit the goblin and Cleave his buddy." The problem is when you fight it and...

There are two monster books and several adventures in there. If you are going to criticize a game, maybe read the free rules first? This...

I disagree quite a bit. Not that horror can be difficult… it can be. But rules can help. Right, but as you’ve both pointed out… that’s...

I think the right treating hit points as stamina works best if you want somethnig diegetic that doesn't contradict itself all the time...

Like your group mine we just sort of played open ended, Vault of the Drow was a sort of fun open ended module. Though the later...

Booo! I wanted my money back for that one.

i don't think playing the characters one-by-one will prevent any protective favouritism from taking place, they can just use their...

Nothing wrong indeed! As a matter of fact, I now deliberately plan for campaign endings in my homebrew games because it feels good to...

Table 1.1: Thief Advancement Table Experience PointsExperience Level6-Sided Dice for Accumulated Experience PointsLevel Title 0...