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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...

Despite hours spent scrolling through digital tools and PDFs, the nuances of the new system felt slippery, like trying to catch smoke...

Oh this is easy: I don't use the 5.5e rules (and I barely think I was using the 5.0e rules "right"). I either give the surprising force...

Myself personally, I don't know a single person who roleplays on a computer (like roll20). Other than I am aware people on this forum...

Starting at level 1 allows the players to understand their characters' abilities better and internalize their starting place. Even if...

yeah, if you want to have capable heroes but still feel very fragile, you reduce HP, you have good skills, but still, one sword swing...

Sure, they won’t pick a title that glorifies slavery. That is 100% on point. But they absolutely would pick a title that’s catchy and...

Much more the latter. Most are aware that AI can write much better than them, in a technical sense, and a disproportionate number of the...

The terrain ideas and what everyone has said really helps. Thank you all.

75% this. More often, with my gaming group of the last 3 decades, this results in player turnover. Kevin got a night job, so he can't...

Let's take Sleep as an example of what they changed. Old version: 20 foot sphere that put 5d8 HP worth of monsters to sleep - lowest HP...