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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...

Sam, actually, is also exceptional. He's not of royal bloodline, but he's also not one of those dirty urban people. Tolkien has a...

Except of course the best of them, Sam, who was just a gardener.

I think all that's the determination of the GM and the style of game everyone wants to play. Is replacing the mayor an achievable goal...

I think backgrounds are a much better design space to connect PCs to the urban environment. It doesn't take much, just a few connections...

Nobody was fighting 100 to 1 against orcs armed with ranged weapons and killed 20 of them by themself. Except maybe perhaps the...

They had far fewer numbers than the orcs. FAR fewer. Also, Isildur, a dunedain, cut the One Ring off of Sauron's hand..........after...

In smaller groups, I think there's some benefit to having a bigger toolkit, but in most parties, you're going to be surrounded by people...

And don't forget that Half-Orcs apparently had no souls, and were dead dead, unable to be brought back to life. Back in the day I don't...

Yup. Still one of my favorite bands from the late 70's arena rock era

Just stunningly uninspired and un-threatening. What is this, Neverwinter Nights?! I thought they were the weakest part of the game. And...