As I’ve said before , I usually don’t like fumbles or critical failures in combat, at least in more "serious" campaigns; they make...

The myth of the "good GM is required to play" is an old tale in our hobby. I thought the myth had been laid to rest, but it is oft...

Most of the planet's inhabitants live in small enclaves: hamlets, villages, and isolated settlements, separated from one another by vast...

I have wondered many times (and even tried to investigate as best I could) why Clark Ashton Smith is not in the Appendix N . Not only becaus...

The Face in the Frost, by John Bellairs, is a somewhat odd book to include in the  Appendix N . Apparently, Gygax was a big fan of it (thoug...

This was a fun read if not particularly meaningful. It takes place in an RPG world that works like a televised tournament, similar to The Ru...

I’ve written before about how the B/X fighter feels too weak compared to other classes, and even less interesting than dwarves or clerics. ...