Though not my original intention , apparently I am going to be writing more posts about the stories that gave birth to the characters descri...

The trouble with Muses is that, ultimately, they're in control , not you. As I continue to work on the second edition of Thousand Suns –...

I've mentioned before that one of my favorite What's New with Phil & Dixie strips appeared in issue #65 of Dragon (September 19...

I'm sure it'll come as no surprise, given my recent posts here and over on my Substack , that I'm in a decidedly science fiction...

For good or for ill, my interest in the history of the hobby of roleplaying is intertwined with my interest in the history of the industry t...

[I was initially reluctant to do offer up a repost during The Ensorcellment of January , but the fact remains that this is such a good stor...

(Because I've started refereeing a Metamorphosis Alpha campaign this week, I have a number of posts planned in which I share my thought...

For reasons I'll explain in an upcoming series of posts, I've been thinking a lot about GDW's other science fiction roleplaying ...

When Steve Jackson Games released GURPS in 1986, it was already clear what kind of roleplaying game it wanted to be. Unlike TSR’s Dungeons...

Heads-up: over the coming weeks and months, you'll be seeing a lot of posts about articles that appeared in the Ares Section  of Dragon....

When TSR released Star Frontiers in 1982, I imagine the company intended it to be the “science fiction Dungeons & Dragons ” in the sens...

As I explained last week , the Ares Section of Dragon was an absolute favorite of mine during the period when I subscribed to the magazine....

I'm going to cheat for today's installment of this series. Rather than focusing on a single article from issue #84 of Dragon (April ...

One of the regular series for which this blog was once known is Pulp Fantasy Library , in which I highlighted individual fantasy and science...