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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...

Another thought... I'd like to see charge up mechanics in DnD. DnD is built on the assumption that you have full access to all your...

It is cool that you have a playstyle you prefer and have found games that match that playstyle. Denigrating other playstyles is not as...

It's core to many classes in Shadowdark, so...often.

Every 6e timeline is predicated on this "fact". I don't think the difference in sales in 5.5 and 5.0 are going to be different enough...

That is precisely the problem, yes. Teh best strategic choice is one that is penalized, quite severely in some cases, which is IMO a...

and the infinite number of random name generators for everything that exist

The NYC scene in terms of D&D in-store play is basically... Hex & Co (popular gaming cafe with 3 Manhattan locations) - there is an...

I've yet to see any AL content outside of conventions, tbh. But Encounters was a major driver of why I loved 4e, I played or DMed it...

Peter, moving across the hall from them is not healthy. All the pontificating about spider life cycles makes me think of Morlun. Not...

Bonus Action Vicious Mockery makes for good Flyting. Can turn the bardsongs into insult-chains and battlecries as well, with flourishes...

I remember being online when the Red Wedding aired on Game of Thrones. To say the TV watchers were surprised would be an understatement...