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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...

I think it depends on the timing of release. People are always going to gravitate to the shiny new toy (a newly released game). As a...

Aside from Wash, I felt that River’s storyline is pretty played out (not to mention not “the kid” anymore). I feel a revival would be...

It's always a balance, which is fine, and the balance is different for every system and genre.

My contention is that the latter barely even qualifies as adventure design outside of maybe a choose your own adventure book. Obviously...

It's always a balance, which is fine, and the balance is different for every system and genre.

Despite having run many different games for many, many players over the years (due to running at cons) I think the "I roll perception!"...

Ha, doing the Affinity part is what's keeping me from finishing a (theoretically) quick thing for DMs Guild: I just don't want to start...

If you have affinity/layout question I'm more than happy to try to answer them. Layout basics are actually pretty low overhead, even...

Gave myself three weeks. The urge was still strong. I am now poorer.

We've also had vat grown organs, with a person used for transport.

Yeah, it should've been called an "Ender Set" as in "this will last you until the end of your time with this game." I have zero need or...