
In Defense of Crunch
Crunch-mode game development isn't good, but sometimes it happens for good reasons.
The Best of 2018
I called 2018 "The Year of Good News". Here is a list of the games I thought were interesting or worth talking about that year.
DM of the Rings
Both a celebration and an evisceration of tabletop roleplaying games, by twisting the Lord of the Rings films into a D&D game.
Was it a Hack?
A big chunk of the internet went down in October of 2016. What happened? Was it a hack?
Raytracing
Raytracing is coming. Slowly. Eventually. What is it and what will it mean for game development?
T w e n t y S i d e d
Mocking the GM for allowing it while still in mid air is braver than charging the orcs itself!
Yeah, letting the players get away with this without at least one skill check is weak DMing.
The comic has drawn discussion in the comments, with readers joking about how bold the players were and critiquing the GM for not demanding a roll mid?maneuver .