Taking Notes from a Player’s Perspective
I’ve always stressed the importance of taking notes as a DM. There’s a lot to keep track of between player…
I’ve always stressed the importance of taking notes as a DM. There’s a lot to keep track of between player…
In my latest Shadow of the Demon Lord session, the party met a family that was ambushed during their move to a…
Hexcrawls are a type of adventure that focuses on macro-level exploration. They give the party a more freeform way to…
Some time ago I wrote an article about ending a D&D campaign. I was under the assumption that my campaign was coming…
Hi all! Today’s guest article was written by Chris Mahon and Chris van der Linden from Loresymth. Loresmyth is an…
After the flurry of the holidays, business trips, and other such real-life distractions, my group was finally able to get…
A chill runs down your spine as you turn the corner in the sepulcher. Suddenly you begin to feel weak….
Recently in my Shadow of the Demon Lord campaign, I opted to run a premade module for the party’s latest adventure. I wanted to do…
This past week I ran perhaps the greatest boss fight I’ve ever created in D&D 5e. While the homebrew version of Lolth…
Battlefield control is an important factor in beating an encounter in D&D 5e or any TTRPG for that matter. Preventing…
Like it or not, if you’re playing a tabletop RPG such as D&D 5e, there is a story that your…
The more I play Shadow of the Demon Lord the more I enjoy the system. I feel like a broken record saying…
Sometimes the party does something that, while not anything exciting, ends up being a genius tactical maneuver. For example, simply…
A virtual tabletop such as Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, Astral Tabletop, etc. is a modern-day solution to a modern day problem. That problem is,…
I love D&D, but there are tons of itches that it just doesn’t scratch compared to other RPGs out there….
Let’s be honest, even if you read a rulebook cover-to-cover, you’re probably not going to memorize every single mechanic or…
Unless you have an impeccable memory, you’re probably not going to remember every detail in the last session of your…
An unreliable narrator is someone who is telling a story or a tale to an audience, but with the caveat of their…
I see a lot of people online talk about how they don’t prep for the games they GM/DM. They show…
Fudging a dice roll is the act of rolling a die and then announcing the result to be something other…
One of the first things I noticed when I started writing Dungeon Solvers was that people have a seriously difficult time finding…
Metagaming is a common phenomenon that occurs in a lot of tabletop RPGs (TTRPGs) such as Dungeons and Dragons. Simply put,…
People love to talk about how Tabletop RPGs (TTRPG) are different from video game RPGs because the world is “alive” or…
D&D 5e is hands-down my favorite tabletop RPG. I’m big into combat and dungeon delving and those are arguably two…
RPGs are ripe with ways to derail a game session. A funny scenario, or a daring stunt that actually works…
Every tabletop RPG game (TTRPG) I’ve ever run or played in has always started with everyone making their characters as…
Nothing is worse than spending hours creating an interesting dungeon and having your players never touch it. While you can…
When it comes to combat encounters in tabletop RPGs there are two methods of describing the encounters. One is to…
I’m going to preface this post by saying that I’m not affiliated with Pyromancers.com or Dungeon Painter Studio in any way. I just frequently…
The party comes to a fork in the road. On the right-hand side is a goblin encampment encounter you’ve spent…
I’ve previously talked about Inkarnate and how it is an excellent free cartography tool. I’m not an artist by even the loosest…
I find that the more experienced I get at running table top RPGs, the better I am at picking up…
Last week I showcased the map I made for my 2018 submission for the One Page Dungeon Contest. I’m proud to say…
Last week I brainstormed and outlined the basics of my One Page Dungeon Contest 2018 submission. This week I decided to focus on creating…
I’ve previously mentioned this in one of my more recent posts, but I am participating in a dungeon creation contest. Specifically,…
I’ve mentioned how Roll20 has enhanced my tabletop experience for me and my friends recently in my music in RPGs post. However, that is only…
I love using Roll20. With it I play about 2-3 different tabletop RPGs a week. Without it, I would play 0….