The Battle of Starcourt #ifthiswereaTTRPG
This week’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG post is about the Stranger Things Season 3 climatic finale: The Battle of Starcourt. As always on #ifthiswereaTTRPG, spoilers ahead! There’s a fascinating meta-narrative about Stranger Things…
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Choices are the Core of Tabletop RPGs
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:…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 29 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG chapter, Isaiah decides to instead let the voices play out in his head, as if he’s simply listening to a track of…
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The Kessel Run #ifthiswereaTTRPG
This week’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG post is all about the Kessel Run in Solo, A Star Wars Story. According to the film, the Kessel Run is an 20 parsec long (65.2 Light…
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3 Quick Tips to Jump Right Into Playing Stories
A big topic among folks who are interested in playing stories is how best to “jump right in.” So this week’s #newbieTuesday post will offer some advice and set the…
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Paying it Forward with New Players
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is advice centered on how we, as experienced players, best extend the olive branch to new players to get them into the tabletop role playing game experience.…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 28 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG chapter, as she senses Isaiah’s presence in the doorway to the Jedi Catalyst, Roshannon Darek spins around: “Who are you?” Isaiah, calm,…
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What Does “Playing a Story” Mean?
Over the past 7-8 months, I’ve been hard at work developing StoryTogether’s first offical table top role playing game system. Given our goal of getting more and more folks to…
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Spending Your Tabletop RPG Time Wisely
This week’s #GMAdvice post is all about spending your time wisely. Regardless of whether you’re a child or an adult, when you and your friends & family sit down to…
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The “Sense of Wonder” in Your Tabletop RPG
This week’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about the underrated importance of your story world’s “sense of wonder.” In 2019, we’ve reached the point of desensitization in stories where shock value…
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The Couriers, Episode 10
It’s release day at StoryTogether! The penultimate episode of The Couriers brings the party face-to-face with the truth about Oro’s grand “Cosmic Play” – the order of the universe and…
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Weaving Character Traits Into the Tapestry of the Story
This week’s #GMAdvice post is all about the process of weaving character strengths and flaws into the tapestry of the story. A crucial part of engaging the players in a…
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