World Building Part 6 – Get Smart, Get Sneaky
There is something my mama always used to tell me, “There is nothing new under the sun.” It has been said before, but I…
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Bridging the Gap part II
Back again with another tip on using something from a newer game in an older one. One of the biggest problems in most games…
World Building Part 5 – Macro meets Micro
I want to advise going against both using micro and macro world building alone and actually combine both of these techniques into a happy…
Bridging the Gap
There is a lot of animosity between the old-school and new-school gaming groups. A lot of this I think is unnecessary. I mentioned briefly…
World Building Part 4 – Campaign Setting Genre
Last week, I took a short break from this series because of travel and the holidays, but I am back this week to talk…
[Horror] Take Your World and Break It
One of the most powerful ways to run a modern day horror campaign is to take the familiar and start blending in a little…
What about the GameMastery Plot Twist Cards? A review… (And slight ramble!)
With such a convoluted title to this post, I better make some sense out of this! What is this post? First and foremost a…
World Building Part 3 – Getting Started with World Tone
Last time, we talked about making sure to keep it at least a little bit “old school” when it comes to world building by…
New game, new tools!
This past weekend I began a new campaign. We reached a natural lull in the ongoing Pathfinder RPG campaign, which has run for 65…
World Building Part 2 – First Things First
So, you have officially decided that you are no longer satisfied with the many worlds that exist for role-playing and that you want to…
And then she said, “Wait, Professor Jones can help us with this one!”
Have you said that in a game? For the longest time that was taboo in my games, but these days I’m willing to consider…
World Building Pt.1 – Addiction and Acceptance
Let’s say that game prepping for games is an addiction. In my mind there are stages to that addiction. The first stage is getting…
Handmade Gamer Gifts
The holidays are upon us, and ’tis the season for the usual agonizing over what to get your favorite gamer as a gift. With…
Geeky Clean!
This post is a bit of a follow-up to what I posted yesterday. Finding a unique gift for a gamer is sometimes not that…
Ask Your Readers: Christmas Gifts for Roleplayers
Christmas is approaching quite fast and people all around the globe are getting ready to purchase gifts for their loved ones. Roleplayers are usually…
Learning to say no…
It’s hard. There I said it! What? No, no get your head out of the gutter. What I meant was saying no when people…
Reimagining ourselves…
I recently read Superman: Earth One. “WAIT! This isn’t a comic book blog”, you say. I ask, bear with me for a minute I…
Examining High Level Play: Part Two
Yesterday I opened the topic of high level play by looking at different types of “high level” characters and how high level play contrasts…
Examining High Level Play: Part One
A couple weeks back, I was reflecting on the D&D Immortals campaign I’ve been working with, and I got to thinking about “high level…
Tips to Break Writers Block
Recently Youseph has started to write a Dungeons and Dragons adventure and is looking to post about the experience, so kudos to him for…