Fun & Games

I've spent a large portion of my life playing - and writing for - tabletop role-playing games. I have a few favorites to be sure, and I'd like to spend this week's post talking about some of them - what I like about them, and why.

First up is the Big Daddy of all tabletop RPG, Dungeons & Dragons. Have to say I'm super-pleased with 5th edition (the current incarnation). It streamlined a lot of the clutter from the 3rd and 4th editions, while still keeping a rich level of detail. It's easily the most popular tabletop RPG, and for good reason: not only was it first in the genre and largely the default setting for tabletop RPGs, but it continues to draw a steady stream of new gamers into the hobby, some of whom discover other RPGs with settings they find more compelling and therefore supporting other companies as well. I've written a modest amount of material using the D&D system for a third-party setting, the Scarred Lands. My material was written under the community content program, known as the Slarecian Vault: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4261/Onyx-Path-Publishing/subcategory/8329_29809/Slarecian-Vault

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