RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: It Was You, the DM, Who Ruined This Party 12 Aug 202611 Jul 2026 You didn’t mean to break them. That’s the first thing to understand. No one ever sets out to ruin a party. It happens slowly, almost politely, like rot under floorboards.…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Rolls Like They’re Summoning Something 4 Aug 202616 Jul 2026 We all have our little rituals and superstitions. Dice, representing chance, attract many such rituals. As such, there are players who roll dice with little real thought, and then there…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Group That Cannot Agree on Food 29 Jul 202628 Jun 2026 There are many ways a D&D session can fall apart. Combat can drag. Plot threads can dangle and tangle. Someone can make a joke so cursed it derails the table…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Party That Keeps Accidentally Kidnapping People 22 Jul 202611 Jul 2026 Some parties rescue NPCs, and then there are other parties who “rescue” NPCs in the same way a tornado “relocates” a barn. They don’t mean to kidnap anyone. They simply…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Treats Loot Like a Custody Battle 14 Jul 202612 Jul 2026 Play D&D for any length of time, and you'll quickly realise that many players don’t see treasure as treasure. They see it as a referendum on their personal worth. The…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Party That Cannot Walk Past Anything 8 Jul 20267 Jul 2026 Every RPG group feels slightly different. There are adventuring parties that stride boldly into danger, and then there are the ones who treat every square foot of dungeon like a…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The NoRerolls “Every Session Ends in Tears” Simulator 1 Jul 20268 Jul 2026 Let’s be honest with ourselves for a single, terrifying second: tabletop gaming is a terrible hobby. We spend hundreds of pounds on plastic men, thousands of hours reading rulebooks that…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Refuses to Learn the Rules 24 Jun 202620 Jun 2026 Some players treat the rules of Dungeons & Dragons the way Victorian children treated pianos: a mysterious household object they are allowed to touch but not expected to understand. They…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: Letters from NPCS Who Regret Meeting You, Part 2 17 Jun 202617 Jun 2026 If the first batch was bruised feelings and unpaid tabs, this second pile is scorched earth. These are the outrageous complaints, the kind of grievances that turn folklore into lawsuits.…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Wizard Who Thinks They’re Playing a Different Game 10 Jun 202617 May 2026 Some players sit down at a D&D table and immediately behave like they’ve been invited to demonstrate mastery rather than have fun. They’re not hostile about it. They’re not even…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Puzzle That Breaks the Party 3 Jun 2026 Do some DMs just wake up and wonder how best to inflict their unique brand of suffering upon their players? There are plenty of options, but what might be the…
RPGs D&D Sucks and So Do You: The Player Who Brings Real‑Life Beef to the Table 27 May 202617 May 2026 One common problem with tabletop RPGs really gets to me, and it’s not the rules arguments, or the scheduling nightmares, or even the fact that someone always insists on playing…
