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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...

Having a Background component might be a good addition to mitigate at least some of that. Old D&D didn't seem to really give thought to...

Even in Dragonbane, if there is no time pressure and no consequence of failure, there is no reason to call for a roll. So include a...

I often end up staying up far too late fiddling with design after all my other stuffs are taken care of. I feel you.

Book 5 is even more "a lot". It's my favorite of the 7 I've read.

I often end up staying up far too late fiddling with design after all my other stuffs are taken care of. I feel you.

Give each primary spellcaster a nearly unique spell list, with no more than 10% of their spells potentially accessible by other classes...

I've got some stuff going into affinity now, and I really dont want to work today, would love to just tinker with this.

Weapon of Warning gives whole party (in 30') advantage. It's OP...

There's no time to argue, get in the gondola! Also, have you read Swords of the Sepentine? The city of Eversink setting there is very...

Okay, I love the topic, but just can't bring myself to read 54 pages of comments. I like meta-currency, but I hate there being a ton of...

Late-Middle Ages / Renaissance-era Venice is filled with so much to inspire a person. My first 5e campaign was set in a fantasy version...