It's always an awkward moment in any role-playing game when the game master has to represent two, or worse more, non-player characters t...

Among the logistics of adventure gaming that I currently handwave is the depletion of arrows and other missile ammo. In practice it's to...

Gelatinous cubes in D&D have a strong bid to be one of the top ten iconic monsters. They embody the silliness and peril of the dungeon, ...

Dragonmeet , London's one-day gaming convention, is coming up on the 5th December and unlike last year I can actually attend. It is my t...

Cities in adventure games demand a different logic than underground or wilderness adventures. The house-to-house detail that has traditional...

Having discussed the armor-mobility tradeoff , another balance issue in fantasy games is whether wizards get to wear armor. In editions of...

D&D and many other fantasy skirmish combat rules include a delicious tradeoff between protection and movement in choice of armor. Ev...