Loot tables! D&D players love loot tables and dungeon masters love loot tables. Random tables of loot and mundane items help DMs save time and add details to sessions. They also give players fun items to add dimensions to their characters. I have created a number of loot and random tables some are free and […]
Award-winning game designer and writer, Tristan Zimmer, returns to the podcast. In this episode, Tristan fills us in on how we can use boomtown choirs, ancient Rome in space, and a wedding to remember in our RPG campaigns. As always, Tristan pulls from history, folklore, and literature to help us add situations and complications to
Does DnD have a dungeon master crisis? There have been rumblings recently about Dungeons and Dragons 5e not having enough dungeon masters for all the people who want to role-play. This article It’s Not Just You: NYC Has a Serious Dungeon Master Shortage seems to have kicked off a lot of conversations about the topic.
Ryan McHargue, the host of the Geezers of the Game podcast, returns to the podcast. The massive discussion of Star Trek: The Next Generation continues! Ryan and I keep discussing TNG and exploring stories and ideas we can use in tabletop role-playing games. We delve deep into season 4 and Ryan fills us in on
The Blade Runner RPG is out now. The seminal film Blade Runner kicked the cyberpunk genre into high gear. It defined the look and feel of the genre for a generation or more. Many cyberpunk RPGs have been published in the years since the Blade Runner film made us all want to own a cloned
A collection of Rolemaster character sheet PDFs and other resources. Rolemaster has been around since 1980 and is going strong with new RPG products. I’ve gathered together character PDF links from around the web and some links to Rolemaster core books and supplements. Rolemaster Character Sheets Rolemaster RPG Core Laws and Resource Books Rolemaster has
Author and national security expert, Dr. Sean McFate, joins me on the podcast today. Sean is a former paratrooper and contractor as well as an author of fiction and non-fiction. We discuss what corporate warfare looks like today and what it will look like in 2040. We discuss cyberpunk and other elements of corporate warfare
Writer and long-time role-player, Ben Riggs, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Ben’s new book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons. We open the conversation by talking about Ben’s role-playing history. However, we quickly turn to his book about the history of Dungeons and Dragons. Ben fills us in
What’s better than a role-playing game? A free role-playing game! Many fantastic creators have released their RPGs for free. Whatever the madly generous spirit that possessed them to do so is, we the role-players of the world are the better off for it. Below is a list of popular free RPGs on DriveThruRPG. Free RPGs
D&D journals are useful tools for dungeon masters and role-players. Notebooks and blank map pages are extremely helpful during long RPG campaigns. Here is a list of the best D&D journals I have found. DnD Journal PDF and Print Books – DriveThruRPG This collection of RPG journals represents some of the best to be found
Liquid core DnD dice are beautiful. Playing Dungeons and Dragons with liquid core dice adds a bit of flare while at the RPG table. What are liquid core dice? Liquid core dice are filled with sparkly fluid which spins and swirls when the dice are rolled. This fluid in the core creates an engaging effect.
RPG dice are captivating. Besides, role-playing and crafting fascinating characters, one of the satisfying aspects of tabletop role-playing games is rolling dice. There’s getting around it. Some role-players even become dice goblins collecting and hoarding dice. The obsession is widespread in the hobby and I am no exception. I love dice. I have bags full
Worlds Without Number is the fantasy version of the popular Stars Without Number tabletop RPG. Like SWN, WWN brings an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use RPG system to the gaming table. Here is a list of WWN character sheets and resources to help game masters and role-players. Worlds Without Number Character Sheet WWN has a creative and
Science fiction short story writer and neuroscientist, Benjamin C. Kinney, joins me on the podcast. We kick off the conversation by discussing Ben’s many tabletop role-playing game adventures, from Dungeons and Dragons to Shadowrun. Then we move into writing science fiction. We touch on how his work as a neuroscientist informs his writing. Monkeys with
RPG writer and game designer, Ryan Costello, joins me on the podcast to discuss his work on the G.I. Joe role-playing game. G.I. Joe, the action figures and cartoons, has been a staple of American culture for decades. Ryan takes us into his love of the Real American Hero and then fills us in on
