Retro Review: D&D Player’s handbook

Dungeons and Dragons, the granddaddy of all role-playing games, released its fifth (and still current) edition back in 2014. At the time, I wrote a very favorable review of the then-new Player’s Handbook. For those who may be interested in my take on the book when it was shiny and new, or for those who […]

D&D: No school like the old school

Old school Dungeons & Dragons was a strange beast. Its rules were arcane, indecipherable, and voluminous. But rather than turning gamers away, these factors helped make the game mysterious, forbidden, and therefore utterly irresistible. It had its own unique feel that is hard to replicate with modern systems. A lot of the weird and wonderful […]