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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... -
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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at... -
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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... -
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. In the world of public library gaming, overbooking is more than a strategy; it is a survival mechanism...
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Charles Dunwoody posted the thread RPG Print News – D&D, Pathfinder First Edition, and the OSR in *TTRPGs General.This week, all fantasy all the time plus fantasy Cthulhu. Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Edition gets new rules, a massive adventure and... -
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Modern social media is a predatory arena that promotes surface, at best, interaction while really just a platform to push narcissistic... -
Audiomancer reacted to Xetheral's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How do you handle surprised but won initiative? with Like.
We roll dice to resolve uncertainty. If a particular combat won't start until an ambusher initiates it, there is no uncertainty about... -
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Maxperson replied to the thread D&D General D&D 3.5 - splatbook power creep or no?.Game play quickly reveals it. Broken things can't be kept secret and aren't hard to spot when they rear their ugly heads. There's simply... -
ZZaukrie replied to the thread WotC WotC Winter 2026 D&D Community Survey.This is mostly how I feel.
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Not to me. I think 5.5e, though not my perfect version, is the best published version of the game and I'm running two campaigns in it. I...
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Micah Sweet replied to the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)?.I've never played CoC any other way. In my world it's a con game. -
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Sounds like Call of Cthulhu. Not a game I want to play a campaign in, but there are some RPGs that work better for one-shots with...
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Micah Sweet reacted to VHawkwinter's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
GURPS has a bunch of disadvantages you can take that require self control checks. If you . 3.0/3.5/PF1 had them for self control if...
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I strongly disagree with this one. If it represents something in the setting, but the character is using it subconsciously; whilst the...
