This is the multi-year Q&A sessions held by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax here at EN World, beginning in 2002 and running up until his sad pasing in 2008. Gary's username in the thread below is Col_Pladoh, and his first post in this long thread is Post #39.| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
The Space: 1999 Roleplaying Game will allow you to join the crew of Moonbase Alpha! Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Thunderbirds, Joe 90, and so much more) in 1975, the British show told the story of a moonbase after a nuclear explosion throws the moon into deep space. The game is written...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Day 5 began beautifully for us. I, along with another adult leader, awoke early just to enjoy the gorgeous sunrise. The wind had whipped our tents quite a bit that night, but blessedly, there was no rain. Instead, warm gusts of wind kept blowing through our campsite, a truly welcome reprieve...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Day 4 marked the midway point of the hike. It's often considered the hardest day too, as this is when our Ranger said his farewells and left us. It was a bittersweet moment; while we were ready to prove we could do it (and frankly, were eager to get on with the hike without him), he was the last...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
After a good night's sleep and breakfast at our starting camp, Day 3 was meant to be the second leg of our trek with our Ranger still guiding us. They were there to help us sharpen our camping skills, and the plan was for them to eventually leave us on our own, likely by early Day 4. Our...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
After a good night's rest at Base Camp/Headquarters, our Day 2 began bright and early. We had to check out of tent city no later than 8:30 a.m. and report to the Welcome Center at our scheduled departure time. This was it – the real beginning of our trek! We hopped on a Philmont bus that took...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
We finally made it to the Welcome Center of Philmont Scout Ranch! We drove in right beside the gateway to the unloading area and were immediately greeted by staff members who gave us our instructions for unloading and parking. While in the bathroom I bumped into a Ranger -- he would turn out to...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
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Our hike at the BSA Philmont Scout Ranch was a seven day 30-mile trek designed to test our eleven-person crew (consisting of three adults and their boys, plus an additional four scouts and a Ranch-assigned ranger who leaves after Day 3). Starting from Camping Headquarters on Day 1, we would...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
I learned a lot from my week-long, 30-mile trek through the rugged Cimarron, New Mexico backcountry, and the parallels between managing a hiking crew and guiding a Dungeons & Dragons party became strikingly clear. Just like an adventuring party navigating a dungeon, a group embarking on a...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Day 7 began before dawn with the roaring wind. At 3:30 a.m., the wind bellowed so loudly it was hard to think, though mercifully it never reached our tents. Fearing we'd be blown off the mountain peak trying to scale the Tooth of Time, our leaders decided to wait it out for another hour. In...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Day 6 began with a truly magical, if challenging, experience. A staff member, dressed fittingly in wizard robes, led us in the morning up a scramble of rugged rocks to see the sunrise. She easily scaled the rocks while the rest of us huffed and puffed (me in particular), struggling with the...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet. Freebies and Pay What You Want Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Picture courtesy of Pixabay. A Change of Space When I write a Worlds of Design column about worldbuilding I usually think in terms of fantasy rather than science fiction. Today I have a sci-fi topic, how “space navies” are likely to work. In this discussion I assume a sci-fi setting is the...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Picture courtesy of Pixabay. To help you on your games design journey, here are the common pitfalls in the journey you might like to be aware of. I have fallen for all of these in some way at some point. These are specific design choices or approaches that often lead to challenges or suboptimal...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Characters in dungeon crawls tend to be on the light side. This happens for a variety of reasons, whether you’re talking about developing storylines through or because characters tend to be disposable and easily replaced. There’s a fine line walked by this style of game in thrilling players by...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Welcome to the Bundles, Freebies, and Sales News, the weekly column at EN World that helps make sure you don’t miss out on big tabletop RPG bundles, charity fundraisers, and sales from around the internet. Freebies and Pay What You Want Note: While “Pay What You Want” downloads are available...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Ten Speed Press is publishing a new D&D coloring book. Announced this week, Dragons of the Realm is a new 80-page coloring book featuring various dragons and dragons-related drawings. This is an adult coloring book and will cost $17.99 when it's officially released on November 18th. Also...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Remember 1982’s The Beastmaster? We pick up where we left off with the first article, including what TTRPG to use, if such a hypothetical game could make money, and which publisher might be the first to get the license. What TTRPG Should Beastmaster Use? While any system can be used to...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Remember 1982’s The Beastmaster? That film along with several others heralded the sword-and-sorcery, Conan-xploitation movie craze of the 1980s. With its swords, sorcery, “barbarian” loincloths, and the equivalent of the Dungeons & Dragons’ spell Speak With Animals – only treated as a major...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
Elon Musk, the owner of the app formerly known as Twitter, is calling on Wizards of the Coast and its parent company Hasbro to "burn in hell" for the publication of Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons. On November 21st, former gaming executive turned culture warrior Mark Hern posted several...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
We'll be updating live from the afternoon session of the D&D Creator Summit so refresh for new content. D&D Virtual Tabletop The afternoon session began with a look at the upcoming D&D Virtual Tabletop (VTT). Screenshots of the livestream were not allowed so I can't show you what we saw. We...| EN World D&D & Tabletop RPG News & Reviews
