Others have noted it, leveling doesn't necessarily make your character better. They just face tougher monsters and the fights take lon...

  Like Hollywood, many GMs are under the impression that the bigger the Threat to Existence, the more compelling the story will be. In my op...

  I'm tired of counting coins and cracking silvers into coppers and NONE OF IT IS FUN! It's an almost proven fact - As math increas...

 They announced a new edition of D&D, as well as the promise of a new setting. Here's my prediction: ...a 5E version of BECMI, with ...

  It is a rules light system. Incredibly rules light. So what? All rpg dice systems boil down into "What are you aces at?", "...

 Today's post will talk about two different types of playstyles and analysis using my thoroughly uneducated pop psychology. These are pe...

Why do we roll for initiative they way we do? It's needlessly slow and dull, even requiring table gimmicks to keep track. But here's...

I'm not saying it can't be done. The premise of Shadowrun is sound, the world embraced technology because magic didn't exist. Ma...

GMs spend a lot of time working with finicky Difficulty Target Numbers. Searching the desk is this difficult, hitting the goblin is this dif...

This blog is in response to Zee Bashew and Matt Coleville's youtube channels, regarding running a heist.  You want to run a heist, or ...

ICRPG uses a system called Effort, as in "this task requires more than the flip of the switch so let's see how far you get this rou...

I've played a variety of RPGs over my lifetime. Many of them have substituted Wound levels for Hit Points, such as Savage Worlds and WEG...

Yup, I'm still pouring over the rules but I have noticed a couple of changes I will be making in my home game. EXPERIENCE I'm ju...

The sneak peaks of Savage Worlds Adventure Edition have me cautiously enthused. But I drank the Kool-Aid and bought into the Kickstarter...