Warning Labels and Sensitivity Readers
The Sensitivity Reader Has No Authority Over Your Imagination
The Anvil’s Journal
Explore a featured list of our selections.
Double Fine, Kickstarter, and Capitalism Strike Again.
A Review: Shadows of the Star Knights
Shadowdark in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Scouring of Narnia
Cursed Scroll #2 Review
Warlock and The Ship of Theseus
Has D&D Lost the Heart of the Starter Town
The Stewardship of Dungeons & Dragons Part II: The Steward’s Hand
The record does not prove that Tondro treats Dungeons & Dragons primarily as a vehicle for a contemporary social vision. It does prove a steward who will preserve the artifacts and still decide, in advance, that one historic constituency is not worth listening to.
A Review of Belowdown for Shadowdark
Belowdown isn’t nineteen floors the characters are expected to clear in order. Surface entrances reach Levels 8, 9, 12, 13, and 16, and Level 12 opens into the ruins of a duergar city destroyed during a war with the drow.
Has D&D Become a Digital Business?
Dungeons & Dragons was unmistakably a tabletop role-playing game for most of its history. TSR and later Wizards of the Coast published rulebooks, campaign settings, and accessories. Games, novels, toys, and other licensed products extended its reach.
The tabletop game remained the center of gravity.
The tabletop game remained the center of gravity.
A Review of Player Companion for Shadowdark
Shadowdark’s own GM advice says gear should be precious and limited, and that it should have value and utility. Funster understood the assignment.
Playing in Middle-Earth
The Rings of Power: This Is What We Get for Being Fans
The purpose of adapting Tolkien should be to bring people into Middle-earth. Instead, too often, The Rings of Power seems determined to bring Middle-earth into the contemporary world
The Deck is Full
Makenzie De Armas, the Deck of Many Things, and the Problem of Rewriting an Inheritance
Shadowdark Review: Cursed Scroll 1
Calling Diablerie! a zine almost undersells it. This is essentially a themed expansion for Shadowdark
Keep the Chains
Here is an alternative for Wizards of the Coast: leave Dark Sun alone and put the controversy to work.
There’s Room at the Table
Inspiration
We Didn't Start the Fire
Greyhawk Legacy
Shadowdark: A Review
Orcstorm: The Siege of Altus, Arkansas
Hens of the Apocalypse
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