A D&D for everyone

The Dungeons & Dragons game has been around a long time. As befitting a game with more than forty years of history, the publishers of the game (first TSR, now Wizards of the Coast) have gone through multiple editions. And while the current edition of D&D is referred to as the fifth edition, this isContinueContinue reading “A D&D for everyone”

Which Forgotten Realms? All of them!

Later today, I’m going to be starting a new Dungeons & Dragons campaign with a bunch of kids aged 10-12, including my son. When I was planning this game, I considered a number of different system, including various editions of Dungons & Dragons, RuneQuest, the Omega system (found in the excellent Atlantis: Second Age), andContinueContinue reading “Which Forgotten Realms? All of them!”

7th Sea Second Edition

As mentioned before, I’m an avid player of pen-and-paper roleplaying games. I’ve been playing for 35 years, and have at least tried well over a hundred different games at this point. Because I’m a natural storyteller, I’ve always been interested in games that really work to emulate the feel of the fiction that I readContinueContinue reading “7th Sea Second Edition”

RPGs and novels – where gaming and writing intersect

The last few months saw the release of newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the granddaddy of the entire tabletop roleplaying game industry. As someone who has played roleplaying games (RPGs) pretty steadily for the last 33 years, this is kind of a big deal. Or, at least, it was supposed to be (more onContinueContinue reading “RPGs and novels – where gaming and writing intersect”