DnD alignments have been around since the beginning but they are also controversial. Much ink has been spilled building up or tearing down alignments. One of the best breakdowns and explanations of DnD alignments I have ever read is The Major’s Guide to Alignment available on the DMs Guild. The concept of alignments has been […]
Overzealous dungeon masters (of which I am one) can go overboard creating D&D campaigns. Here are some quick tips to avoid writing a novel that you force your friends into believing is a campaign. Don’t create huge plots Don’t create huge intricate plot lines. The players need agency to make meaningful choices for the game
DnD 5e backgrounds have proved to be an extremely popular addition to the game. Players love giving their characters more depth into their characters. As Dungeon and Dragons has expanded and more sourcebooks and campaigns have been released and the number of official character backgrounds has grown. I’ve collected a list of 97 official DnD
In Dungeons and Dragons, one of the staples of gameplay is running your players through dungeons. I mean, it’s right there in the name. The first “D” in D&D. Experience running dungeons is critical for dungeon masters. Plus dungeons are great fun. They provide a contained environment, constant mystery or peril, a drag on resources,
A trick to give your campaign or session more weight and the illusion of realism is to weave in hints of a larger world. This is what I like to call the “Clone Wars Trick.” Although I can’t take full credit for that name I heard it somewhere else before when I was studying screenwriting.
The cardinal sin that a game master can commit when trying to run a one-shot session is wasting time. If you only have two hours or three hours to play and you know there is going to be no continuing campaign afterward, you must give your players the excitement and the climax right out of
The time has come to take a break from the podcast. In this special episode, I go over the reasons why I’m pressing pause on the podcast. The podcast may return in a new format, but at this moment I am not sure of its future. Thank you so much for listening. It has been
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay character sheet collection. This is the page where I’m gathering all the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay character sheets I can find. So far there are official sheets and sheets from around the web. Of course, WFRP has had several editions. The main links here are to the fourth edition, but I’ll be adding
Vampire the Masquerade character sheets! I’m putting together a collection of character sheets. The Vampire RPG has been around for a long time and enjoys a dedicated and strong fanbase. As of writing, Vampire is currently in its fifth edition. I’ve included below character sheets for the first to the fifth editions. The first section
Tabletop RPG PDFs are awesome. PDFs give us quick access to huge RPG rule books not to mention great storage options for those who have limited shelf space. Plus role-playing game independent publishers could release games without the massive cost of print runs. This created a golden age of small and niche RPGs that continues
Award-winning game designer and writer, Tristan Zimmerman, returns to the podcast. We cover three incredible situations you can use in your tabletop role-playing games. We begin with a princess turned cold war broadcaster. Then we take a look at a teenage king. We finish up the podcast with an examination of a peasant. All of
One of the wild and crazy things to be hatched and crawled into the light during the Open Game License and Wizards of the Coast saga was the mention of AI dungeon masters. I did a double take when I read the phrase: AI dungeon masters. To be completely honest, I hadn’t ever really thought
Random tables for OSR tabletop role-playing games! Call them RPG random charts or random tables, we all know how helpful they are. Earlier editions of Dungeons and Dragons embraced random tables and RPGs cast in the OSR mold do as well. Roll a handful of dice and get a quest, encounters, and items ready for
Director John Putch joins me on the podcast today. John’s directorial work includes TV shows like Big Bad Beetleborgs, Grounded for Life, Scrubs, and more. Among his feature films are Mojave Phone Booth, The Father and the Bear, and many others. In the early years of his career, he was an actor and appeared in
OSR character sheets! I’m gathering OSR RPG sheets and resources on this page. I’ll try to keep adding sheets and other resources to this page as I find them. The OSR is a movement within the tabletop role-playing game scene that celebrates the rules and modes of play that were prevalent at the origins of
