The Tao of D&D

Not to put too fine a point on an individual's process, it might be postulated that a serious obstacle that stands in the way of an indi...

Sometimes a comment is written that sincerely wants to help me see the world in a light that will give me strength and hope to change my per...

If the Gentle Reader will allow, I'll try to speak of what makes "good gaming." There are different ways of looking at this: o...

Hold onto your britches, because before this post is over, I'm going to praise the White Box set and AD&D both. I grew up in a house...

Last Saturday, JB wrote , "For the most part, I've approached my entire role-playing hobby in this way...and why not, when my intro...

Rewriting the death page on my wiki, I ran across this: In Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), death is a significant element of the game'...

Watching this lecture introducing algorithmic game theory , I feel a small amount closer to defining what's wrong with D&D, as a gam...

D&D started as a wargame, in which the goal was for one's unit, represented by a paper chit, to defeat or destroy other units and cl...