One of the struggles my gaming groups have gone through ever since I started playing was finding ‘the perfect game’. We always seemed to be in search of a game that has the perfect setting and perfect system for our group. But does such a game exist? Can there be a perfect roleplaying game? I be...

I encourage both lovers and haters of D&D 4th Edition to read this article… I’ve had a thought rolling around in my head for the last year or so. Our gaming group has mostly been playing in two or three different Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition campaigns. At first, many of us disliked t...

Over the years I’ve played with many different groups, used numerous systems, and gamed with more players than I can remember.  With very few exceptions I’ve enjoyed my gaming experiences, although in all honesty I’ve frequently thought about what it would be like to play in the “perfect”...

We recently added another member to our gaming group of one gamemaster and four players. This fifth player is someone a couple of us have known for a while, but up until recently we didn’t even know he was a gamer. We got to talking and he quickly jumped in on our next session. It looks like h...

Recently, I talked about gaming groups and their gaming habits.  I’ve also talked about party composition, especially in D&D 4e.  Over the last few gaming sessions, our group of four has had a member or two have to bow out during game sessions. Sometimes we had a gamemaster and four pl...