Next to last post for RPG a Day 2025, and the prompt for today is Experience. So, allow me to discuss the experience mechanic in role-playing games, albeit somewhat incoherently, just some random...
Suspense can be particularly challenging to convey effectively in a tabletop RPG. It requires the right mix of player buy-in, effective GM presentation, and a collaboration between all parties. Today’s topic for RPG...
Day 26 of RPG a Day 2025 proposes Nemesis as the topic. And all I can say is: Cobra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! The first thing that came to mind...
Saturday is here, and so is another post for RPG a Day, day 23 this time, the prompt Recent. What recent games have I purchased? I have probably bought fewer RPGs in 2025,...
As I was preparing to write today’s post for RPG a Day 2025, a friend shared with me a video by a pair of Puerto Rican reactionary intolerant grognards, repeating tired clichés, “this...
For today’s prompt, Unexpected, I’ll welcome you with a statement you don’t expect from me: “I’ve found an adventure I want to run!” If you know me or have read my posts over...
Day 19 of RPG a Day 2025, with the prompt of Destiny, led me down another strange rabbit hole. I began thinking about the concept of destiny, the Marvel Character Destiny, with her...
Sunday funday! Today’s prompt is Renew, and I’ve been thinking about how to approach the topic. Renew is a verb that means to resume (an activity) after an interruption. I have historically run...
Well, we’ve reached the midpoint of RPG a Day 2025. Technically, the midpoint will be noon today, but you get the idea. The topic for today is Deceive. So, when is it ok...
Today’s prompt for RPG a Day 2025 is Mystery, and mysteries are hard! All facetiousness aside, running a tabletop role-playing game mystery can be difficult, and we’ve been trying to do it almost...
As far as RPG a Day 2025 goes, this has been a very musical year for me. So many prompts immediately make me think of music. The prompt for today is Darkness, and...
Here is my first catch-up post for RPG a Day 2025, day 9. The prompt is Inspire. Let me share with you what inspires me as a Dungeon Master (DM) / Game Master...
Day 11? What’s this? Yes, I know I’ve missed two days! Traveling back home after being away for a while due to work, a day-long blackout on the weekend before back-to-school Monday, all...
The topic for today, day 8 of RPG a Day 2025, is Explore, which is very appropriate with my new obsession, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. “Space. The final frontier. These are the...
Welcome back to day 6 of RPG a Day 2025. Today’s topic is Motive. While I had a couple of ideas about what to write about, I just could not decide, so I...
Welcome back to day 2 of RPG a Day 2025. Happy Saturday! In a very meta way, the prompt for today is Prompt. Like yesterday, let’s go to the Merriam-Webster dictionary for the...
Here we go! Day 1 of RPG a Day 2025 The prompt for today is Patron. Merriam Webster’s definition is here, but of the various meanings, let’s use this one: a “person chosen,...
