Confessions of a Full-time Wizard is a series of Dragon Magazine editorials written by Shelly Mazzanoble. It generally focuses on the social aspect of D&D as opposed to rules or mechanical implementation.
| Issue | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 364 | The Secret Lives of Dungeon masters, part 2 | |
| 365 | My Secret Life as a Dungeon Master | Description of setting up a game for the first time. |
| 366 | My Secret Life as a Dungeon Masterm, part 2 | |
| 367 | Master Mind | |
| 368 | Game Shame | Description of those who are ashamed of playing D&D. |
| 369 | Dungeon Diaries | Going through the archives of older games... |
| 370 | Adventures in Gift Giving | |
| 371 | Judy and Tom's Excellent Adventure | Parents and D&D |
| 372 | Hail to the Player-in-Chief | |
| 373 | Hail to the Player-in-Chief, Part 2 | |
| 374 | Bear With Me | |
| 375 | Bear With Me, Part 2 | Also includes Oso the Circus Bear, which reads as a rather powerful familiar that was considered overpowered. |
| 376 | Contrition of a Full-Time Wizard | Also includes Oso de la Fez, Former Show Bear (which is now better balanced for normal 4e play) |
| 377 | Dr. Shelly's Monster | Playing D&D as a young child. Also includes Monster with the Glasses. |
| 378 | Party Fowl | Descriptions of some player types. |
| 380 | House Rules for the Holidays | Contains house rules used by certain groups. |
| 381 | Freaks & Geeks | |
| 382 | House Rules for The Holidays | Discussions about potential house rules. Mr. Bilsland gives a level every session, Andy allows more retraining per level, Magic Items awarded based on lowest total of magic item level sum, and random hit locations (1/4 chance for double damage, 1/12 chance for triple) |
| 383 | 2010: Outlook Good | Overview of the next year... Also a visit with a tarot psychic. |
| 384 | Love is a Battlemat | |
| 385 | The Shelly Awards | |
| 386 | Confessions of an Overwhelmed Duckling | Developing a mission plan for players. |
| 387 | An overwhelmed Duckling Part 2 | The Player's Strategy Guide. |
| 388 | Canine Encounters | The author attempts to create an encounter. First focusing on the largest monster within XP budget, then being convinced to diversify the encounter. |
| 389 | Canine Encounters, Part 2 | Also, DM Appreation month. The designed encounter is also going to need a second part, as the dragon has 176 hit points remaining. |
| 390 | On Becoming a Gamer | LARP |
| 391 | Apocalypse Now! | Gamma world. |
| 392 | Last of the Mojitas | Playing Gamma World |
| 393 | Tome of Meowers | Tomb of Horrors plus cats. |
| 394 | Arcana Lang Syne | Experimenting with a non-wizard character. |
| 395 | Rules of Engagement | Concerns about social aspect of D&D, along with Q&A. |
| 396 | Dumped | A GM decides to dump the group. |
| 397 | Head of the Class | Depiction of D&D on Community |
| 398 | Player Haters | Concerns about DMs becoming too powerful. |
| 399 | Class Acting | Discussion about players trying to select a class |
| 400 | Off with Her Brideshead! | Trying to link marriage with D&D |
| 401 | First Impression | |
| 402 | First Impression, Part 2 | |
| 403 | Everything Else I Learned from D&D | |
| 404 | Europe Is for (D&D) Lovers | D&D experiences in Europe. |
| 405 | Not Fair Assault | Preparing to play a Lair Assault module, with a description on how it was made to be as hard as possible. |
| 406 | Not Fair Assault, Part 2 | Playthrough of Lair Assault |
| 407 | Outsourced | R&D being "outsourced" as direct feedback may be performed. |
| 408 | D+D=XO | D&D with a significant other |
| 409 | Rolling in the 'Deep | Introducing someone to D&D with the Lords of Waterdeep boardgame. |
| 410 | The Boston D&D Party | Theories on why D&D remains year-after-year. |
| 411 | TSR: This Stuff Rocks! | Being impressed by old-school materiel. |
| 412 | Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4 | D&D Next playtest |