Dungeons and Dragons 1e or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is perhaps the most iconic edition of the role-playing game. Now, all the PDFs of the 1e D&D books are available. Around the time AD&D was published, Dungeons and Dragons became a household name. A Saturday morning cartoon would follow plus a nearly unending stream of […]
Basic Dungeons and Dragons or D&D Basic/Expert Editon (B/X ed.) was the mainstay of D&D for years. In recent years, Moldvay D&D (after designer Tom Moldvay) has become a common name for Basic D&D that existed alongside Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. There was also a version of Basic published in 1977 called Holmes D&D after
The Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn PDF is here! Enjoy the first D&D campaign setting from the mind of Matt Mercer. From the DriveThruRPG product description: “Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn is the definitive sourcebook for bringing the locations, people, creatures, and character options of Critical Role‘s Tal’Dorei continent to roleplaying games everywhere. An outstanding team of
This is a collection of Fantasy AGE character sheets. Fantasy AGE is a tabletop role-playing game system by Green Ronin. I’ve gathered a list of Fantasy AGE character sheets below. You will find fillable sheets, PDFs, and more. Also, below is a list of core rulebooks and supplements for Fantasy AGE. Most character sheets listed
Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum Core Rulebook PDF is here! From the DriveThruRPG product description: “Imperium Maledictum uses a familiar but refined d100 system to draw players into tales of intrigue, betrayal, and conspiracy. Players take on the role of Imperial adepts and citizens recruited by a powerful Patron. These influential figures use teams outside
Getting bogged down in details while running D&D? Is boring stuff sucking up all your RPG session time? These things happen occasionally in Dungeon and Dragons and other tabletop role-playing games. But it doesn’t have to. There are strategies game masters and dungeon masters can use to skip the boring stuff or to make it
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
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
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
