Where Theater of the Mind Meets Worldbuilding
How wonderful is it that we as a species are able to have shared experiences in our mind’s eye? Theater of the Mind empowers us to have a mental canvas…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 8
Part 7 (others at the bottom): https://storytogether.com/2020/04/09/isaiah-the-gray-part-7/ Where To Next? Still strapped in, Jimmy C turns to Isaiah and asks: “Well, where to next?” Isaiah centers himself and begins to…
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Ingratiating Yourself to a Story-World
Whether you’re a new player to tabletop role-playing games in general or a new player at an ongoing story, you’re likely going to feel that natural desire to feel like…
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Improving Your TTRPG Pacing
If you’ve been playing tabletop role-playing games for awhile, you know what it feels like when the game stalls. The players don’t quite know how to act or what choice…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 7
Part 6 (others at the bottom): https://storytogether.com/2020/04/02/isaiah-the-gray-part-6/ Into the Fire Isaiah and Jimmy C share a puzzled look and stare through the main screen: with the legendary Korriban as its backdrop,…
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The Many Ways to BE a Character
With its explosion in popularity, if you’re considering giving tabletop stories a try, you may be wondering what it means to be a character. My blog post from 3/24 (here)…
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Relationships are Built on Shared Experiences
Great, lasting relationships are built on the foundation of shared experiences. Whether it’s the couple who have been married fifty years, or a group of best friends since childhood, or…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 6
Part 5 (others at the bottom): https://storytogether.com/2020/03/26/isaiah-the-gray-part-5/ What Have They Done? Devastation. As their spacecraft hurtles through the upper atmosphere of Coruscant, Isaiah and Jimmy see the horrific scale the…
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Getting Started with Tabletop RPGs
If you’ve read this Newbie Tuesday space in week’s past, you know that these posts are designed to help new & prospective tabletop role-playing gamers settle into their first session.…
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Making Worldbuilding Fun Again
Continuing the “fun” focus from this past Friday, today’s Worldbuilding Monday post aims to help tabletop role-playing game worldbuilders break out of their “writer’s blocks” and funks which keep them…
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Having Fun at the TTRPG Table
There’s no doubt that good GMs/DMs work hard. There’s a lot of prep work, a lot of worldbuilding, and there’s certainly a lot of shepherding while you’re playing. Sometimes GMs…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 5
Part 4 (others at the bottom): https://storytogether.com/2020/03/13/isaiah-the-gray-part-4/ There’s Work to Be Done As Isaiah is about to enter the executive suite of Czerka Corporation world headquarters, he senses a tremendous…
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