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So Sean K Reynolds and Shanna Germain have stirred up a bit of a pot with the publication of their pdf booklet Consent in Gaming. As the title implies, it’s all about players telling GMs what they (the players) will Read More
I was reminded today of the oft-repeated Old School gaming maxim, “Never say no.” That typically is a piece of advice to the Dungeon Master, who should always allow the players to try whatever batshit crazy stunt they want, no Read More
I have to say I am not a fan of the concept of “professional adventurers”. That is, settings which self-consciously have people who call themselves, or are called, “adventurers”. Places where there are adventurers’ guilds, places with message boards in Read More
There seem to be two schools of thought regarding how RPG campaigns are organized. The first holds that the campaign is an extension of a particular group of friends, who get together to share each others’ company and for whom Read More
I ask because I have never been in a game with That Guy. Apparently, many other people have, and given that I’ve never encountered That Guy at conventions or campaigns in over 35 years of playing RPGs, I have to Read More
One of the things that puzzled me when I first started playing the game, and which I’ve seen come up from time to time in discussions, is the question of why the rules bother to include player characters speaking a Read More
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