Armed with last week’s WWID (What Would I Do) advice, today’s #newbieTuesday post is about community. No, not the amazing TV show, but the group of people you play stories with. If you are new to playing stories, know that nothing makes the experience great quite like a group of wonderful people. But more specifically,…
We’ve decided that Tuesday’s theme will be advice for both prospective & newbie role playing game players. Whether it’s helping you to give playing stories a shot to tips to making you a better player, Tuesdays will be a forum for you here at StoryTogether. Today’s theme centers on the role of creativity in being…
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…
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…
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…
Last week, we talked about how new players can best jump right into playing tabletop RPGs. This week’s #newbieTuesday post digs deeper into one of those main points of emphasis: making choices. Like we’ve said in this space numerous times in weeks’ past, making choices is the core part of playing stories. And everyone,