The Tao of D&D

I made mention of the bow briefly during the discussion of hunting, which technically by my own rules I should not have done. However, I on...

Having given it some thought, I spent time last night and time today slamming together the following post. It is not meant to be flawless. ...

This is the post I didn’t want to write. There are too many relevant directions to which the subject can be taken, and too many ways in whi...

If you care to read an extensive post about the RPG publishing industry, I suggest this James Mishler post . And if you want to read a rabi...

At certain points in history, a technology occurs that recreates its society. Pottery was like that – though we know it only from its effec...

I realize the earlier pic I gave of the Civilization IV technologies is impossible to read – that is a problem with blogspot, that won’t let...

I threw the above map together in about twenty minutes, just to give a sense of how one might begin to design an ordinary world based upon t...

In considering prehistoric mining, one must remember that without the development of metal tools, mining is limited almost entirely to what ...

UPDATE:  This post has been expanded under the title 'Wild Magic' and included in the recently released book,  How to Play a Charact...

I’ve just had such a good idea about gas spores that I feel I must post it. I’ve always hated this creature, primarily because once a party ...

Had a great conversation today with KenHR on Yahoo; developed a yahoo nick for the purpose, so I thought I'd include it here in case any...

This is a huge subject where it relates to D&D, since so much of the game relates to tactics, exploration or killing. Do not bad mouth ...