Making Choices At the end of the day, playing stories all boils down to one really key part. Making choices and reacting to the consequences of those choices, whether they’re positive or negative or somewhere in between. Let’s say that I am a knight and I am trying to find a object sacred to my…
The Rules Are There To Help Yes, there are rules, but they’re easier than you think. Let me explain. So in the most famous tabletop role-playing game system in the world, which is called Dungeons and Dragons, where many of us got our start, right? There is actually several hundred pages of rules. And at…
Rolling Dice So if you started to see an explosion of interest in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, or even our own system called StoryNite, you may have heard that rolling dice has something to do with what we’re all doing at the table. So yes, rolling dice help dictate the result of…
You Don’t Need To Play A Role And this actually goes against the name of a tabletop role-playing game. In actuality, you don’t even need to play a role. As a matter of fact, for your first game, it actually may even come more natural for you to play yourself. In other words, in whatever…
No Pressure! I want to get this out of the way early. You definitely do not have to feel the pressure to be creative when you jump in and are about to play your first tabletop role-playing game. At the end of the day, the table should be able to accommodate whatever you feel comfortable…
There are many ways to play stories. And virtually all of them have unique ways to define a character. But when it comes to harmonizing the players as a group, having your character’s role being well-defined is crucial. StoryTogether’s StoryNite framework has a character’s talents front and center for how players can customize their role…
A lot of time and attention is spent on what makes your tabletop RPG character special, smart, strong, capable etc. But well-rounded characters most oftentimes aren’t perfect. Like us, they have flaws, they struggle, and they make mistakes. So today’s Newbie Tuesday post is all about your tabletop RPG character’s flaws…and how to add them…
Learning new games can be difficult at times. More complex ones especially require that you take the time to really digest the rules and work with the other players to ensure everyone understands how to play. On the surface, tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) aren’t much different in that regard. And sometimes that process of learning…
There are many ways to play stories. And virtually all of them have unique ways to define a character. But when it comes to harmonizing the players as a group, having your character’s role being well-defined is crucial. StoryTogether’s StoryNite framework has a character’s talents front and center for how players can customize their role…
Whenever I’m speaking with someone who is just learning about playing stories for the first time, the topic of “talking” as their character invariably comes up. “Do I have to speak in their voice?” “Do I have to say what they would say?” etc. And sometimes, these questions come with a nervous look…does that sound…