The Tao of D&D

Ozzie Pippenger wrote a couple days ago: "Do you leave it entirely up to your players to work out when they have a conflict? What if ...

We're all very familiar with Anthony's sort of argument . Accuse, question, obfuscate, make no definite statement. This is the patte...

A few days ago, Tobiah Panshin challenged me that I didn't do a well enough job discussing his Game Master download, and that I "m...

I don't know why people have trouble thinking up things to write about for their blogs.  I am beset recently with subjects.  Ozzie wants...

This is difficult to explain on a blog. Last Friday, urged by my daughter and her friends, I journeyed over to one of the casinos in town ...

I said this on Brad's site , but I don't want to risk losing it over there. What most people fail to understand is that argument d...

Speaking of writing posts that are meant for children; when I was a child, I was fascinated by things like this: The Largest 100 Countries i...

Gentle Readers, I have seen the error of my ways.  This site here has shown me that D&D is a game for children.  My efforts to invest...

Now, mucking around with features has brought something to my attention.  Let's suppose that we take a simple hex, 20 miles in diameter,...

Following in the footsteps of Raph Koster's proposal, tailored obviously for D&D.  Please note quote from Koster's site: ...

My viewership doubled today.  People have plainly enjoyed the "How to Play" post.  And so I would ask the gentle reader to conside...

UPDATE:  This post has been updated and included in the recently released book, How to Play a Character & Other Essays , available for p...