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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...

Again though - minor nitpicking aside, I found your review thought provoking, and I never really got into the Gaming Den as a community...

Post-Review Thoughts on Efreeti Slavery So, one more thing that entered my thoughts for this post-review post. It was brought up by...

The Book of Gears This pseudo-chapter follows the earlier Tome formats in being collected essays about the mechanics and world-building...

I agree, and even more so when the GM metacurrency is at least partially tied to the PC's actions. This is one area where 2d20 has some...

Technically its an old one;). Might buy it myself.

Quiet Pull Pilsner. 4.5% ABV Noisy Brewing Company Basically an NZ hopped pilsner. Not a bad one either.

I my home campaign the party just celebrated their last night in the city of Nicodranas with nachos and margaritas at a pirate-themed...

One of the reasons I like GM facing metacurrencies is because it helps alleviate the question of whether the GM was acting fairly. Don't...

I love them. For decades, at least in the circles I ran in, it felt like the holy grail of gaming experiences was when you'd have a...

This part of the conversation is with me, not Micah. And while Micah indeed does not like too much PC/NPC separation, even he has said...