The Mind’s Eye, our mental canvas of limitless possibilities. And for tabletop role-playing games, the platform for our shared story experiences. This theater of the mind empowers us to collectively … Continue reading Using The Mind’s Eye In Your Worldbuilding
In their tabletop RPG story, the players need to feel there’s a harmony between the traditional TTRPG yin and yang: role-playing (RP) and combat. The ratio between these two sides … Continue reading Balancing Role-Playing & Combat In Your TTRPG Worldbuilding
If you’re a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story creator, you naturally invest quite a bit of time and energy into worldbuilding. Settings, characters, plot threads…a great deal goes into ironing … Continue reading Cultivating Character Development During Worldbuilding
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
