In some weird fever dream a month or so back I spent a few days crafting a massive sandbox hexcrawl using the classic barbarian prince map as a basis. Here’s a link to my version detailing each of the 529 hex’s… Read More ›
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Lessons improv can teach you about playing Dungeons & Dragons
Improv acting is when two or more people improvise a scene with one another rather than following a script. You’re always going to find moments in your roleplaying games where you have to make things up on the spot as… Read More ›
Why you should be running critical fumbles in your D&D games.
Critical fumbles are a much maligned beast. They seem to have been introduced into the Role-playing world officially through Chaosiums Runequest although they may have colloquially appeared earlier in house rule documents for D&D. They can feel a little absurd… Read More ›
Missing the heart of the journey – Travel in RPG’s
Humans have to an incredibly large degree removed the ‘journey’ from a journey. The 2170 mile Oregon trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon, for example, would have taken roughly 144 days to complete going at an average pace of 15… Read More ›
I have no mouth and I must cast wish
*Explicit content* A short story, with apologies to the late and great Harlan Ellison and Gary Gygax. Artemis lay twisted, bloody and contorted within the bottom of the pit, like a marionette. Three large long metal spikes jutted unnaturally out… Read More ›
Gamesmasters, no excuses, run your games
An article in which I rant at you for making excuses as to why you won’t run whatever game it is you’re running as the gamemaster. You have no excuse. You can always choose to run. Life can get in… Read More ›
