Advice
Ask The Readers: Netbook at the gaming table
Recently I have been thinking about whether I should buy a netbook or not. As you probably all know I love all kinds of technical toys and I am still missing a netbook...
Sex Advice from D&D players
Recently I stumbled upon an article that gives sex advice written by D&D gamers. The article is a bit unclear on who has asked the questions and who were the person (or persons)...
Please show me your homemade GM screens! (Update)
On November 5th I asked my readers to send me photos of their homemade GM screens. Alas only a few people have replied so far. If you have a cool homemade GM screen,...
Confessions of a lazy GM
I am a very lazy when it comes to preparing roleplaying sessions. When other GMs plan and prepare for weeks I usually make some preparations just mere hours before I start running a...
Please show me your homemade GM screens!
Some time ago, the German blog System matters had a post about home-made GM screens. I really liked the idea and linked to that post on my blog and obviously a lot of...
Surfing on the Wave
Google Wave is a cool new collaboration/communication platform/protocol by Google. When you haven’t been living under a rock for quite some time, you have probably read about it. Some gamers have recently looked...
Medieval town map tutorial
Some days ago, fellow RPG blogger MJ Harnish pointed an awesome map-making tutorial out to me. This tutorial uses Photoshop and the Roleplaying City Map Generator, which I am hosting at my Google...
Ask The Readers: Can I use the Kindle as a GM tool?
Amazon is finally shipping its Kindle ebook reader to Non-US customers, too. They still don’t offer localized versions, but at least people from all over the world can order the Kindle from amazon.com...
The end is nigh!
The end of the year that is. It’s mid-September now and fall is approaching fast (at least in the northern hemisphere). Perfect time to start a horror RPG campaign! So, why should you...
Just Say Yes
Posted by Viriatha, the Bard of Valiant Saying yes to players is something we all know we should do, whether it be a hard skill challenge or finding that unique cool item in...
“Roleplaying games as a teaching tool” @ Musings of a ChattyDM
As announced some days ago, my first guest post at Philippe Ménard’s blog has gone live! Here’s a short excerpt: Some time ago, Barb, a homeschooling mom from California contacted me. She had...
To Savage or Not to Savage
When you convert an existing campaign setting or game to the Savage Worlds rules you have “savaged” the setting. But there’s one important question: does it make sense to savage every setting? Savage...
When in doubt, use RISUS
During the creation of my one-page dungeon “The Horror of Leatherbury House” I thought about easy ways to provide stats for the different NPCs without using a specific set of rules. One idea...
Dicenomicon
Yesterday morning one of my readers (thanks, Jonas!) told me about a pretty new dice-rolling application for the iPhone/iPod Touch called “The Dicenomicon“. Some of you may remember that I already mentioned a...
Creepy!
If you need inspiration for your next horror RPG adventure, check out this video: Some of you may actually have seen this already. According to this article the creature is living in the...