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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...

When you look at the book it really does not look like they hired the best people. The formating is basic, there are almost no colours...

Meaning, at least a 70% chance of success, in certain other systems.

No, they do. And that expectation is, "don't start any fights unless we absolutely have to." It's not a game about getting into fights...

The poster in question (who I have blocked) refers to "skilled game play", which is kind of interesting. Traditionally "skilled game...

To be blunt - not a fan. It's a way for experienced GMs or players to hold an edge over the inexperienced, or worse, the ones that...

It was kind of funny when Shadowdark first launched how many 5e players showed up in the Discord making pronouncements about what...

I am putting together a character for a short level 7-10 game. It will probably be 3 or 4 sessions, so not technically a 1-shot...

As I've said many times, I don't like the underlying design premise of so many RPGs, which is that 'smart game play' is about knowing...

Matt Colville discusses details of MCDM and the TTRPG industry. Matt shares details about the pay and benefits, as well as other...

Pay rates are usually better than 4c these days but 35c is very high for this industry. But they’ve had multiple multi-million dollar...