Willful suspension of disbelief is a concept that comes up a lot when talking about fiction. For those of you unfamiliar with it, it’s the idea that you sometimes have to stop your mind from saying “That’s ridiculous”, “That could never happen”, or “That is totally not real” in order to enjoy something. It boils […]
Reasons & Resources for Playing Pen & Paper RPGs Online
For many people, finding a consistent group of players with which to enjoy an RPG, especially for a long campaign, is a difficult, if not completely insurmountable task. Why might a person want to play online? What are the benefits and advantages to doing such a thing? What tools are available to players? I got […]
Thoughts on the Dungeon World Basic Game
Before you do anything else, I want you to go read DM Samuel’s post about Apocalypse World, located here. Done? Okay. The reason I do that is because Dungeon World is what happens when D&D and Apocalypse World get together and spawn a new game. The game really has an old school D&D sensibility to […]
Review: Neverwinter Campaign Setting
The Forgotten Realms setting is the darling of D&D. It’s far and away the most popular setting in the game right now, with both a majority of players as well as the developers, and it has been for some time. The majority of D&D novels are set there, most of the D&D video games are […]