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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...

Everyone talks about stealth and assassination, but often overlooked is disguise and improvised tools/weapons. That doesn't need a class...

A gummi bear? As regards owlbears and teeth: by rights, they probably should not. But the illustrations are equally clear, so I guess...

I'm going to be boring and say Ninja should be a background, with proficiency in Acrobatics, Stealth, the clan secret language/hand...

The Shadow Monk covers 90%+ of the pop-culture ninja themes quite well. Stealthy, shadow teleporting, surprise attacks, nerve cluster...

Also, to add... you don't have to see how. You get that, right? That you don't have to understand what works for others? You have to...

The PC can't experience their luck being ablated. I mean, ablation of luck doesn't even make sense in the fiction (unless it's a very...

I am not sure what "hard lines" means to you. But, not everyone is at their best with absolute freedom to do whatever they want. Some...

I don't think I've ever seen someone Gadsden Flag an rpg mechanic before...

I cast 'Restore Je Ne Sais Quoi' on Conan. That stab to the face really bummed him out.

It’s not about “doing their job”. It’s about enjoying doing it that way. Enjoying how that makes the game work. I changed the Cure...