We’re playing a game. I want to sneak past the goblin guards into the necromancer’s camp. I grab my dice and ask you what I need to roll to succeed. How do you choose that? This whole thing, setting a target number, has been out of favor with a lot of people (including me)...

Just wanted to drop some data here on how DC’s new 52 faired with reference to their handeling of female characters. In week 3 of the new 52 DC released 3 comics with female leads (Catwoman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman) and three ensemble books with notable female characters (Birds of Prey,...

Jonathan Walton gave me the great idea of doing a weekly post responding to the Legends and Lore column on D&D. Each week I’ll be posting some thoughts from other games, outside of D&D, that address whatever Legends and Lore covered. Monte Cook, a designer I really admire, is...

Cross-posted from the Dungeon World blog. The adventure in the Dungeon World Basic set has inspired some questions about prep. That’s a good question, really: the Red Book deliberately doesn’t talk about making fronts or adventures. You play the included adventures then approach...

And once again it’s time for my thoughts on this week’s New 52: Batman #1: Well written, servicable art, and a more detective-y Batman than the other New 52 titles. That said, I’ve had a new Batman title each week for the past two weeks, this one didn’t stand out too...