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Revisiting an Assumption: Who are OSR Games For?

On June 1, 2023June 7, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, blog dialogue, D.I.O., musings5 Comments

When the OSR was new, nobody thought anyone born after Gary Gygax was kicked out of TSR would be interested in classic games. That might be changing.

Musings About the OGL Drama

On January 12, 2023February 8, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, game business, musings6 Comments

I don't want to write about this. I'm tired of reading about it. I'm tired of thinking of about it. I have nothing to say about the legal issues involved. I do have some things to say to the hobby gamers.

About the Current D&D Conversation.

On December 22, 2022January 2, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, game business, musings6 Comments

There's is a lot of heated talk about the brand and the game of Dungeons & Dragons. I have thoughts. These thoughts are about the response I am seeing more than what WotC is doing.

Getting Started In The OSR: Part 4: Is the OSR Anti-5E?

On June 30, 2022May 9, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, design theory, musings7 Comments

Is the OSR anti-5E? Eh...sort of.

The Game VS the Brand

On January 20, 2022February 27, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E23 Comments

A brand is not what the company that makes it says it is. It is what their customers feel it is. How am I feeling about the D&D brand?

A Message to 5E DMs: You Only Have One Ass.

On November 25, 2021January 30, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, assumption busters, game mastering advice, musings, storytelling9 Comments

Are you going to ride the Story Horse or the Game Horse?

The Misunderstood Orc

On June 23, 2020June 28, 2020 By Travis MillerIn 5E, musings1 Comment

Wizards of Coast announced the company would be making changes to orcs, drow and Vistani in future printings of their works. The decision for the Vistani makes sense as they are an analogue for the Romani people and to continue to utilize a bigoted stereotype of a real world people is an ugly blight on …

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I write about tabletop role-playing games, sword-and-sorcery fiction, storytelling, and heavy metal. 

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