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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... -
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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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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... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Running any free event at a public library is an act of local heroism; running a weekly Dungeons & Dragons...
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Audiomancer reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread D&D General Design issues with 5e with
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What would also help is having mechanical class features that deal with exploration and social interaction and have them designed around... -
Or just pare down the list players can choose from at level up (say, maybe a chooseable list of about 6 spells per spell level, this...
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Whizbang Dustyboots reacted to MGibster's post in the thread People can stop complaining about "historically inaccurate foods" in their RPGs now with Like.
Way back in the 1980s, Greyhawk had a restaurant that specialized in spicy BBQ pork ribs. It's hard for me to get upset about what... -
Whizbang Dustyboots replied to the thread People can stop complaining about "historically inaccurate foods" in their RPGs now.Especially since the play style of D&D is actually very much United States Manifest Destiny. A "Europe Only" D&D would be a lot of...
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Armor is hella boring. They might as well just cut table to 3 armors. Light - 12+max dex, Med - 15+2dex, Heavy - 18 without dex. That's...
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Whizbang Dustyboots reacted to Tea Cozy's post in the thread People can stop complaining about "historically inaccurate foods" in their RPGs now with Like.
In 2024, someone complained on Twitter (shocking!) about that image of a Heroes Feast spell conjuring dishes that would plausibly appear...
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Whizbang Dustyboots reacted to Reynard's post in the thread People can stop complaining about "historically inaccurate foods" in their RPGs now with Like.
More seriously: the kind of historical accuracy that castigates Sam Gamgee for talking about poe-tae-toes is not something I think us...
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So you think Shadowdark is...balanced against 5e?? Thats wildly inaccurate if thats the case.
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Autumnal reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet? with Like.
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Campbell reacted to hawkeyefan's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I find that odd. It’s very much the same thing. Well, they’re loss states of a sort, so sure, I may feel disappointment as like a...
