We all start somewhere. Be it a profession, activity, art form, or anything else, at some point you take the first step. And in many if not most of those instances, taking that step requires courage. Fear of failure, fear of the unknown, fear of embarrassment, lethargy, self-doubt, and many other obstacles can stand in…
We’re proud to release Episode 2 of Temple of Kings! Now that the Ka-Jin World Protectors have left their ancestral home for the first time, what (or who!) will they meet? And what will they discover about their tribe’s mysterious history with “saving the world?” No spoilers here, you’ll just have to head over to…
Introducing The Couriers! A StoryTogether original show & role playing game experience, The Couriers centers around a two bit band of nobodies looking for a job that are given a simple package to deliver. In a Faustian twist, the group find themselves embroiled in a harrowing journey they didn’t count on, ask for, or have…
Introducing Temple of Kings, StoryTogether’s second original show & RPG experience at launch! Every eighteen years the hidden and isolated Ka-Jin tribe gives birth to a special generation: the world protectors. On their 18th birthday, a group of these chosen ones – Julius Jin (Isaiah), Willow Moss (Jerilee), Rockwell (Jay), Raya (Amoula), Armand (Ian), and…
Our first submission comes courtesy of Ian from StoryTogether: “About 10 years ago, we were playing a story set in the Lord of the Rings universe. One of our friends was both new to playing stories as well as new to being, um, intoxicated. In any event, he was an Elf who had the power…
Ever want to see what a role-playing game is like? Or be able to explain to your friends what it’s like to “play a story”? Well StoryTogether is here to help! Ian from StoryTogether helps demystify the tabletop role playing game experience as well as provide insight and examples into how to play, how to…
This week’s #GMAdvice post is all about how GMs should be balancing player character creation with what they (the GM/DM) “know is coming” in the story. Risking repeating the obvious, character creation is process of translating/transcribing a player character from an idea to their statistics/abilities/backstory on paper. Each tabletop RPG system is different, and there…
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 some,…
For today’s #newbieTuesday post, I wanted to discuss a topic many of us that play tabletop role playing games take for granted: playing a role.I’ve said this a number of times before but, as counter-intuitive as it may sound, you do not have to “play a role” (in the theatrical sense) in a role playing…
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post centers around the concept of “railroading” and best practices around keeping your use of it in check.For the uninitiated, “railroading” essentially means forcing the players down certain plot paths and/or taking specific actions they otherwise may not have intended. And there’s various degrees of railroading, from fairly necessary/trivial in order to trigger…
