Designing Great Endings To Tabletop RPG Character Arcs
If we’re lucky, we’ll get the opportunity as DMs/GMs to complete our tabletop RPG campaigns. Whether it’s scheduling difficulties or life getting in the way, finishing long-term campaigns can be…
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Finding The Right Balance Between Role-Playing & Combat In Your Tabletop RPG
In any tabletop RPG story, the players need to feel there’s harmony between the traditional TTRPG yin and yang: role-playing (RP) and combat. The ratio between these two sides of…
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What If Odo’s Choice (in DS9) Were A Tabletop RPG?
This week’s If It Were A TTRPG post re-imagines the seminal “Odo’s choice” scene in the Deep Space Nine Season Three Episode “The Search: Part II” as a tabletop RPG.…
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How New Players Can Better Define Their Tabletop RPG Role
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,…
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How You See Your Story World (In Your Mind’s Eye)
As intuitive or not as it may seem, there is tremendous synergy between meditating and tabletop role-playing game worldbuilding. When you’re able to clear the palate of your mind’s eye,…
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How To Transition From Player to GM/DM
I’ve spoken with many tabletop RPG players who are intimidated by the idea of becoming a GM/DM. Whether it’s conducting a session, doing the voices, or worldbuilding – or anything/everything…
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Balancing Tabletop RPG Story Milestones
The characters in your tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) story are likely to encounter all sorts of obstacles and opportunities. Some are epic battles, others heartbreak, or maybe even summiting your…
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What If The Lion King Was A Tabletop RPG?
This week’s If It Were A TTRPG post re-imagines the scene in the Lion King where Mufasa’s spirit is able to impart sage advice onto the newly grown-up Simba. As…
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Why Flaws Are So Important For Your Tabletop RPG Character
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…
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Improving Your TTRPG’s Pacing
A tabletop role-playing game story is not a straight line between points A and B. There are many twists and turns, some planned for, some completely unforeseen. Sometimes these tangents…
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Bringing Your Story World To Life
On the surface, the sheer scale and variety of tabletop RPG systems makes it seem as though your story – your world – is meant to be tailored to just…
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