Happy 2021 everyone! On the surface, the sheer scale and variety of tabletop RPG systems makes it seem as though your story – your world – is meant to be … Continue reading The Rules Are Not Roadblocks: Worldbuilding In Different TTRPG Systems
As intuitive or not as it may seem, there is tremendous synergy between meditating and tabletop role-playing game worldbuilding. When you’re able to clear the palate of your mind’s eye, … Continue reading Meditation & Tabletop RPG Worldbuilding
A tabletop role-playing game story is not a straight line between points A and B. There are many twists and turns, some planned for, some completely unforeseen. Some come from … Continue reading Using Worldbuilding To Improve Your Tabletop RPG’s Flow
The characters in your tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story are likely to encounter all sorts of obstacles and opportunities – whether it be an epic battle, a tragic encounter, or … Continue reading Balancing your TTRPG Worldbuilding
There are many ways to develop a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story. Like painting, dance, or music, there are myriad approaches to creating a wonderful shared story experience for the … Continue reading Back to (Worldbuilding) Basics
Balance is a crucially important component of worldbuilding. The players need to feel there’s a harmony between the story’s traditional yin and yang: role-playing and combat. Yes, there’s a obvious … Continue reading The Yin & Yang of TTRPG Worldbuilding
How wonderful is it that we as a species are able to have shared experiences in our mind’s eye? Theater of the Mind empowers us to have a mental canvas … Continue reading Where Theater of the Mind Meets Worldbuilding
Continuing the “fun” focus from this past Friday, today’s Worldbuilding Monday post aims to help tabletop role-playing game worldbuilders break out of their “writer’s blocks” and funks which keep them … Continue reading Making Worldbuilding Fun Again
An underrated and perhaps unappreciated aspect of worldbuilding is its capacity to help maintain the story’s flow as the players play. Today’s #worldbuildingMonday advice therefore is how the GM can … Continue reading How Worldbuilding Helps Your Story’s Flow
Today’s #worldbuilding Monday post is all about leaving breathing room for character development during your worldbuilding. As we’ve discussed in this space in weeks’ past, it’s important to keep top … Continue reading Where Tabletop RPG Worldbuilding Meets Character Development
We talked about character death a lot on last week’s #worldbuildingMondaypost. Today’s in some ways will be the opposite: taking the peaceful/diplomatic route to solve conflicts. RPGs have traditionally almost … Continue reading Thinking About Diplomacy During Worldbuilding
We’re kicking off a new Monday series focused around StoryTogether’s POV on Worldbuilding. Worldbuilding is the art of constructing the universe players will live and breathe in as the story … Continue reading Worldbuilding Monday
