A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
D&D and Indie RPG YouTubers! Yes, you.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
There are arguments that D&D should, or should not be, “racially diverse,” because it was, or wasn’t, like that in the world “back then.”| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
But you aren't composing a novel or reading a script. (Not during an RPG session, anyway.)| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Fifty years ago this month, the first 1000 copies of the original Dungeons & Dragons were printed and then boxed up at Gary Gygax's house.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Millions of people have had a chuckle at the short YouTube video about the guy outraged on the internet that other people like the thing he doesn't like. Probably all gamers will identify with this in one way or another, either because they have felt those feelings or they've been targeted by the rage of those who feel those feelings.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Sometimes players of adventure games stop and ask, "Wait, why am I risking my life in this dangerous adventure?" They balk at entering the dungeon, braving the Weird Woods, or seeking the dragon's hoard.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Two and a half years ago, when I was still getting reoriented to what was going on with table-top role-playing games, I wrote a post on the history of the concepts of "sandboxes" and "railroads" in RPGs.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
The hard-working Hit Point remains one of those aspects of D&D that its players continually debate. It's not just what hit points represent. It's also how they increase per level. This post is about the latter factor.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
When new D&D characters are created, you know how the players can be stuck for a long time shopping for starting gear. Yes, that is a drag, especially for new players who often have little idea what each new piece of equipment is for. What are iron spikes for? The delay to the beginning of play can be boring for players expecting to dive right into adventure.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Commodification Signifies Value| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
In April 2021, a fruitful essay appeared called "Six Cultures of Play," by blogger Retired Adventurer, receiving a lot of deserved attention. It seems to have established some terms for further and ongoing discussion since then.| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
There was a period of years early in| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Should you be acting out a part, telling a story, or playing a game?| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
Every D&D adventurer is a coin collector. | Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
I have come across a number of discussions among those who seek to discover and recapture an original, "natural," unbounded, or otherwise pristine form of role-playing game. Some of them find the roots of this mode of play in the person of Dave Arneson, one of the two original authors of Dungeons & Dragons. These fascinating discussions have two things at stake. One is the quest to find a style of play that may add more to your current game, a never-ending quest. The other is the implicit, an...| Tom Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com
A blog about table-top role-playing games after a break of two decades.| lichvanwinkle.blogspot.com