Bradford Walker steals a march on me by laying out in detail some thoughts that have only been drifting, half-gestated through my mind latel...

Continuing thoughts about Rule Zero and yesterday's post about Theseus' RPG. Item #1: If you only ever used a third of a game, have ...

 The problem with Rule Zero: Is not that it isn't true, it's that it guards an army of lies. How many planks can you remove from AD...

Inspired by a deeply cogent comment left at "The Joy of Wargaming":  Tabletop role playing games, properly played, ARE wargames. L...

Discussing a book as creative and original as Cha’alt (a setting written and designed by Venger Satanis for use with whatever iteration of ...

Like many writers, my first real storytelling experiences came about through tabletop RPGs. Like many gamers, I found the fiction sections ...

Long time internet based D&D dungeon designers know all about Dyson Logos and his brilliant series of dungeon geomorphs .  They also k...

After three long years, the mini-Megadungeon in finally complete.  That means it is time for a new series.  This time we're going in the...

Just in time for DMs day, here's my present to all you hard working, handsome, and under-appreciated DMs out there in internet-land.  ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the dungeon... When I run this dungeon, the entrance looks like this*.   There is a nar...

Way back in the height of the days of third edition and the OGL, I wrote a short series of modules suitable for use with first level charac...

The concept of 'charges' for rods, staves, and wands has never really sat well with me.  It makes sense from a play standpoint; it ...

Whereas; Purchasing equipment for those first level D&D characters is sometimes a tedious exercise in juggling weight and cost and when ...

A running tally of those heroes fallen in their quest to prevent Faerun's Cult of the Dragon from ushering in a new dark age by summonin...

With apologies for the cell phone pic. When last we left our band of plucky heroes, they had captured the leader of the attack on Greene...

As I've mentioned before , one advantage to playing a pre-packaged rpg campaign is the opportunity it opens up to swap war stories with ...

Chris, over at the Hill Cantons has a great post up about Special Snowflakes .  Really inspirational stuff.  Those of you who run games sho...

We got bin Laden  Frulahm Mondath! I think that's his name.  He's one of the high ranking priests of the Cult of the Dragon that...

Here's hoping your celebration of the birth of our savior was a smashing success.  (As I type this, Hawaii is still in the midst of the ...

"You've all been hired by the trader Basko to escort a wagon of trade goods to the village of Greenest." And so begins an...