The Earthlight Academy

This is something I've talked about in passing in other posts, but I wanted a more focused discussion on the topic: does gold matter...

This is not an argument for or against any kind of game, style of play, but more of a note. I'm never playing any one game for long....

1) Volunteer to GM. There's nothing worse than suggesting a game to a group and then asking someone else do the heavy lifting. If y...

The answers to these questions bring your world to life, but all of those details are wasted if you can't answer the most important q...

As I said in my previous post, there is a great exchange about what an RPG is, what the role of the GM is, and who controls the story over...

Every game exists in a world, however well defined. When I was younger, I took great care and spent far too much time meticulously mapping t...

The smell of sulfur is heavy in the air and a loud, deep snore rumbles through the walls of the cavern. The Thief scouts ahead, silent as ...

This is a debate that cropped up in my group in the past few weeks. When we award experience, are we rewarding the player or the character? ...

Modern roleplaying games have a surfeit of rules for balancing encounters. It wasn't until recently that I realized these rules are near...