Tabletop RPG

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.

You really want to play a Halfling Barbarian, or a Warforged Druid, or for whatever reason, you rolled a character with no stats above 11 and you really want to play it despite it being utterly terrible at everything.

Not all Dungeon Masters will have the problem of having to wrap up a long-running campaign in a satisfying way.