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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...

8-bit graphics worked for a lot of gamers back in the day, but now the lot of gamers consists of a lot more people. :) I totally would...

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

I don't see the washed out texture on the NPC in the original as an "artistic" vision. That seems more like "That's all we can do with...

At least with the extra lighting, my 47 year old eyes can see the bad cinematography. :)

For the record, this is a well-done post that communicates the drawbacks of the algorithm clearly. I appreciate you taking the time to...

I really can't tell the difference except that the one on the right looks slightly better lit.

To me, the one on the left looks very flat, the one on the right looks it was lit by somebody who understands how to properly use light...

“This incredibly ugly troll is named Speve Mones, and definitely not based on some jerk in English class.”

I think the point is not to fix anything, it's just offering up our own perspectives on the topic. I've played games more crunchy, or...

I don’t know, Draw Steel, 13th Age 2e, and Nimble 2e all feel more ‘industry’ to me than at least The Bonsai Diary, a product you can...

GURPS 4e, in Alfred's England: Bought and freed Saxon Slave.