I have many opinions, but not necessarily the smarts to keep them to myself. This might be one of those times… My current 4E character is not optimized. He is a “controller” type of class, but is not very good at being a controller. My favorite Shadowrun character was not optimiz...

I spent a few hours today cleaning up my gaming area.  In addition to some dusting and book restacking I sorted through three file boxes of old campaign materials dating back from the mid 90’s.  Among the treasures I found were notes, plot outlines, NPC write-ups, and dozens of maps.  Most of w...

For the past several months I’ve been writing various gaming articles here at Roleplaying Pro.  Most have focused on tips and techniques for gamemasters, several have been player oriented, and a few have just been my thoughts and ideas on gaming.  One of the things that have impressed me is the ...

Recently, while discussing gaming with some friends two things suddenly occurred to me; first of all it seems all my conversations revolve around gaming, and secondly I realized that a lot of gamer miscommunication is a direct result of players defining things differently.  This pair of “revelati...

Mountain Dew has introduced Game Fuel, two limited-time-only flavors inspired by the MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Although Roleplaying Pro primarily discusses pen and paper roleplaying games, I’ve known a gamer or two that likes to drink soda… okay, maybe more than two. I also know a few rolepl...