This week’s #newbieTuesday post is all about your character’s flaws. A lot of time and attention is spent on what makes your character special, smart, strong, capable etc. But well-rounded characters most oftentimes aren’t perfect. They have flaws, they struggle, and they make mistakes. Being imperfect often is what makes your character feel real, three-dimensional,…
This week’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about how to use what inspires you to pave the road to your world in your mind. Inspiration certainly isn’t an exact science – I hesitate to even call it an art. But inspiration is certainly critical; without it, your world does not get to evolve or flourish. For…
This week’s #GMAdvice post is all about the process, prior to beginning a TTRPG campaign, of each member of the table verbalizing what you each want out of the story you’re going to be playing. In your pre-session, this act of stating what your hopes, wants, and/or goals for the story are in front of…
Today’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG post comes from one of my favorite childhood movie cameos of all time: Christopher Walken as Caeser the Exterminator in Mousehunt. As always, spoilers ahead! Mousehunt is an adorable movie about two brothers who inherit a dilapidated old home from their recently deceased father. Similar to Home Alone, just with a mouse, the…
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about the flow of decision-making in tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs). At their core, TTRPGs are about making decisions, some easy, some difficult, but all come with consequences, good, bad, or otherwise. While not every choice is loaded or the deck stacked against you making the right call, it’s important…
It’s release day at StoryTogether! The Temple of Kings team is incredibly proud to present Episode 9 of our epic 10-episode series. While Season 2 will bring upgrades in audio, visual, lightning, and editing, the team is honored to be able to present the fruits of their creativity with today’s episode release. In Episode 9,…
This week’s #newbieTuesday post is all about how character talents work. As some new characters may know, there are numerous different systems/sets of rules used to play stories. Virtually all of them have unique ways to approach how it is we define a character. So today’s mini guide is more a high-level perspective on character…
Today’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG post imagines the scene at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger where Captain America wakes up in the future as a tabletop role playing game. As always, spoilers ahead! In Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve Rogers (Captain America) makes the incredible transition from weakling with a heart of gold to…
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about the nature and importance of consequences in tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs). TTRPGs are a vehicle for people to play stories, to be able to be characters who live and participate in a vibrant story world. The ups and downs, the trials and tribulations of stories are their beating…
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about the synergy between meditation and tabletop role playing game worldbuilding. Specifically, how taking a tour of your story world in your mind is both an excellent form of mediation as well as worldbuilding. Meditation is one of those concepts that means different things to different people. In this case,…
