My favorite character is my silver-haired, half-elf jester, Wonko the Sane (yes, named after the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy character).| The Cryptic Archivist
A look at 2024: the D&D 50th anniversary, digital missteps, the OGL-inspired competitors, and more.| Designers & Dragons
When gamers imagine an attack in a game like Dungeons & Dragons, they picture a wind up and sword swing, perhaps one second of motion. So two combatants only need a few seconds to trade blows, …| DMDavid
At Gen Con in 1999 Wizards of the Coast revealed plans for a third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, scheduled for release in 2000. The upcoming release would preserve the “essential look and feel” of D&D while introducing intuitive changes like a unified d20 mechanic where high rolls meant success. Free t-shirts teased the upcoming […]| DMDavid
Content warning for discussion of murder, suicide, and mentions of child abuse. Through the 1980s, Satan made regular headlines. Folks kept blaming the devil for luring kids to murder, suicide, and…| DMDavid