News from the good people at EN World!

Last year, I started a D&D 2024 campaign to give the rules a "fair shake" and I decided to base the campaign on a great map (Dyson Logos' Autumnlands) a strong premise (a evil wizard has usurped the throne) and a player-driven narrative. The […]

Here is something Vincent Baker wrote a bit more than twenty years ago <lumpley games: Roleplaying Theory, Hardcore>: After setup, what a game's rules do is control how you resolve one situation into the next. If you're designing a […]

This came up in another thread and I wanted to spin it off for its own discussion. When talking about TTRPG mechanics and how the medium has evolved and advanced over the last 5 decades, are there specific sorts of mechanics that you consider more […]

From their AMA on Reddit: They listened to fans, and there will be no concept art from generative AI. So it looks like they will be using AI to quickly iterate to try things out and refine ideas, and if they use generative AI for art it will be […]

Penguin Random House has announced The Feywild Job, a new D&D novel written by World Fantasy Award and Nebula-winning writer CL Polk. The new book is a romantasy novel, a popular and wildly growing book genre. The book features a rogue tasked […]

Is Point Buy Balanced? I'm not asking if Point Buy is more balanced?, but rather, is it totally balanced? There are over 54,000° combinations°° of ability scores. From 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, to 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18; and everything in between. With […]

The [+] is to keep things positive and prevent the same tired old arguments about the OSR scene and OSR-style play. There are plenty of other threats to hate on games and play styles you don’t like. There are a few people on here who play […]

Quick curiosity question for the group. When you play Small-sized characters in (5e or previous versions), which ones do you actually like playing? Not asking about balance or optimization—just preference, vibe, and table experience. Here’s […]

I just asked ChatGPT to GM me through a solo Shadowdark session. It recommended I take a hireling, and after I made my character (a Cleric with 14 Wis) it created a hireling named Hobb with a consistent (but droll..) personality, adding his wry […]