Tabletop RPG

Sure, Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse is a monster book -- it's right there in the title -- but it also serves as an one-stop collection and update for a host of playable races from previous Dungeons and Dragons sources, and it does a lot more than simply republish them.

When you're starting a homebrew D&D campaign — building your own adventure in your own world — it's okay to not have everything planned out in advance.

So you want to play Dungeons and Dragons -- or any tabletop RPG, really -- but you, like me, are broke and can't afford all those books, and a ton of dice, and minis, and maps, and even more dice.

The first time I realized I could just give players a level whenever I felt it was appropriate for the story, I almost fell over.

It's a Beholder, isn't it?

There are a lot of games in the world, and nobody is going to know about all of them.

When you're planning to write your own unique Dungeons & Dragons campaign rather than a pre-made, fully-realized campaign -- also referred to as homebrew -- it can be incredibly fun to go hog wild on the worldbuilding.

We've talked about house rules before, and they are a big part of a DM's journey through learning how to run D&D games.

I am an ardent believer that not only is it fun to play a wide variety of TTRPGs, it can also improve your skill as a player or game master in every system you play.

With the holidays fast approaching, I figured now is a good time to list a bunch of RPGs you may not have played and give you something else to do with your rarely-visited relatives.