The idea was that I am running an elfgame forest campaign for my young son and his friends, teaching them how to GM.  They find a portal in the city, a la Ultan's Door, that...

I want to talk about my flair tonight1: I had a bad session. I consider myself a journeyman Game Master, one with a lot left to learn about our craft. I have run two longish...

"No man is an island,Entire of itself;Every man is a piece of the continent,A part of the main."--John Donne"Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth."--Archimedes...

 "When you know the fourfoil in all its seasons root and leaf and flower, by sight and scent and seed, then you may learn its true name, knowing its being: which is more than...

 "When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness." --Tecumseh (apocryphal)If the world is a tree, its roots are legends. We cannot see them, but the sap...

 "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes."--Psalm 82Folk here talk to things, and...

 Right now my brain is jetlagged between thinking it's 8 am and 2 pm, I haven't played RPGs in a month, and writing words is honey on a cold day, drip drip drip. But the more I...

In many old school games and AD&D, you hire retainers to help you in the dungeon, which can give a player lots of actions (see my last post). Does that mean tactics and...

How many things can one do in a round, and how does it change the feel of the game?  I am playing OD&D this week, running through Thracia with the amazing d4 hp magic-user, and...

I just spent a lovely, hectic summer week chasing fulltime after my kids.   They have grown so much, and I wanted to share a small part of their arc, the one where my partner...