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Anyone who thinks that all nerds are the same has never witnessed a heated debate about whether D&D or Shadowrun is the better pen & paper role-pla...

To survive in battle, you need the right equipment. Knights and soldiers in the Middle Ages knew this too. They often carried a sword in one hand t...

Let's be honest, in most role-playing games, style over substance is the name of the game. From Dark "Fashion" Souls all the way to MMO juggernaut ...

Anyone who enjoys classic role-playing games knows how dependent you can sometimes feel on the luck of the dice. But you are not completely at the ...

Depending on the particular area of the nerd and geek subculture, it can be hard to express one's hobbies in everyday life. Sure, fans of natural s...

If you’ve ever played a pen-and-paper RPG or a good fantasy video game, you’ll have developed a healthy distrust of chests. Because it’s impossible...

The D20 – i.e. the 20-sided die – is a symbol for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also other game genres such as tabletops. Not s...

Mimics are mean: Before you even realise what’s happening, these malicious monsters are already using their goo to keep you in place and render you...

Dice play a big role in pen & paper. They decide the fate of your character like nothing else. Not even the Game Master has power over them. With t...

As is well known, there are different types of players in pen & paper games: those who just want to have fun, those for whom role-playing is most i...

The fights that your character has to carry out for you in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons might not be real – but the mental effort you have to...

The pen & paper role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” has been around since 1975 – back in the day a completely new invention that paved the way f...

There is no pen & paper session without a Game Master or Dungeon Master. With all the organisational talent and the imagination a DM needs to pract...