I’m continuing the #newbieTuesday thread from last week on correcting some of the perception v. reality issues prospective players have about playing stories via role playing games. It may seem super basic to some, but I’m going to literally describe what it’s often like, sitting at the table, playing a story with your friends. At…
One of the biggest, if not the biggest, barriers to entry for folks who’ve never played a tabletop role playing game before is the gap of perception between what playing stories is actually like vs. what the uninitiated believe it’s like. The next several #newbieTuesday posts will aim to correct some of those misconceptions. The…
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about the various systems that can be used to play a story. Think of systems as a set of rules and guidelines you leverage in order to play stories similar to how Monopoly & Gloomhaven have different rules but are both popular board games.There are far too many RPG systems…
Today’s #newbieTuesday post surrounds the critical choice of one’s Class/Role in the role playing game story. Your Class/Role determines what part you’re going to play in the party of other players throughout the role playing game campaign. An obvious example is the movie Ocean’s 11 where each member of the team has an obvious role…
We’re talking about skills on today’s #newbieTuesday post. Skills are oftentimes what your character is best at and, in most role playing stories, define the role/utility your character plays in the overall party/group. Think of the Fellowship in Lord of the Rings for example. Each of its nine members fights in a different style, with…
We’re focusing on Attributes on today’s #newbieTuesday post. Attributes are the main ways of measuring your character’s capabilities. In classic Dungeons & Dragons, the attributes are Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. You have scores in each of those attributes – the higher the score, the more adept you are in that attribute. Different…
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about what rolling the dice represent in a role playing game. While there are many different styles and interpretations to dice – sides/pictographic/symbolic – the main point of rolling them is of course to determine a result. Not that I would have any experience with this but let’s say you’re…
I want to discuss teamwork on today’s #newbieTuesday post. As with any profession or activity, teamwork is an essential building block of the process in a role playing game. That said though, at times, the greatest drama in a story can come from two characters where you’d expect to work well together, do the opposite…
Today’s #newbieTueday post surrounds the connection parents have with their children as they grow older in this ever-escalating digital age. Whether it’s at your dinner table or in the myriad TV shows, movies, and social media out there but the way we connect and interact with our kids is changing as the rate of our…
Today’s #newbieTueday post centers on a core concept of role playing games: theater of the mind (TOTM). TOTM is the ability to, with your mind’s eye, progressively envision the happenings of a story as they unfold. Now, most folks are familiar with this process from reading books. As an example, during the battle of Hogwarts…