Lot’s of Games Master’s decry that they cannot control their players. Why wont my players roleplay more? Why do my players always want to murderhobo? Why can’t they take it seriously? I sympathise with them. The best games would be… Read More ›
RPG game master advice
Tips on becoming a better games master in tabletop role playing games.
Oh fuck it’s game night.
In my final year of university I decided to knuckle down on a really long and complex piece of work that I felt my experience had built myself up to. No it wasn’t my dissertation. It was a massively open… Read More ›
Fudging round 2. This time it’s creamier.
In my last article I discussed whether or not games masters should fudge rolls in their game. In this article, I want to talk about the other forms of ‘fudging’ that can occur within a game and how to deal… Read More ›
Fudging – delicious games master treat or hazardous game breaker?
Boy is this one a hot topic. Fortunately I have the definitive answer. Don’t fudge in your games. Thanks for reading. Feel free to follow me on twitter @lines_panny and let me know what you think there or in the… Read More ›
Surprise, it’s an ambush!
Ambushes seem to be a ubiquitous part of RPG’s. The 5E starter module The Lost Mines of Phandelver begins with the party being ambushed by a group of goblins while ambush monsters have been a part of the game from… Read More ›
Stop Telling Stories.
Every RPG rule book seems to have a chapter at the start that describes what a roleplaying game is and a huge number of them miss the point entirely by calling it in one way or another a ‘story telling game.’… Read More ›
Everything you cherish will perish-Acceptance of death within Tabletop RPG’s.
I’ve been thinking a lot about death recently. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older and I can see the gaping maws of oblivion inexorably closing in on me as my optimistic shell of youth fades away, the aching inevitability of that… Read More ›
