Isaiah the Gray, Part 26 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG story, “I should be able to help.” says Corban “I have the chip from the archives which I believe contains the location…
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How New Players Can Help Organize the Chaos
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about the “chaos” at the table and how you, as the brand new player, can have a helping hand in its organization. It might be…
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How Worldbuilding Helps Your Story’s Flow
An underrated and perhaps unappreciated aspect of worldbuilding is its capacity to help maintain the story’s flow as the players play. Today’s #worldbuildingMonday advice therefore is how the GM can…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 25 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG story, over the intercom, AI says to the assembled crew: “My scan of the mystery ship has come back with a positive…
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Spider-Man: Homecoming #ifthiswereaTTRPG
Today’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG is all about the crucial series of “social rolls” during the pre-prom scene in Spider-Man: Homecoming. As always, spoilers ahead! After Peter Parker is chewed out by Tony…
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Implementing Culture in Your Tabletop RPG
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about how to implement the concept of culture into your story world. Culture is difficult to define. But in the tabletop role playing game sense,…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 24 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG story, “Bring us on board.” says Jimmy, frustrated that their chase was all for naught. “If it’s not us they were after,…
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Star Wars: A New Hope #ifthiswereaTTRPG
Today’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG is all about the detention center shootout scene from the Death Star in Star Wars IV: A New Hope. As always, spoilers ahead! The rescuing of Princess Leia…
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Distinguishing Your Tabletop RPG with Theme and Flavor
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about Theme & Flavor: the high-level characteristics which distinguish your world and story from another in the same genre. Take Lord of the Rings and…
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Being a Guide vs. Being a Leader
Today’s #GMAdvice is all about the important distinction between being a guide and being a leader. A common tendency for GMs when they’re seeing chaos at the table is to…
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Creating Compelling NPCs
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about best practices in creating compelling, three-dimensional NPCs for your story world. Unless you’re planning on playing your own story in your own world –…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 23 #TBTRPG
Continuing from the last Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG story, FUK-U’s monitoring alarm again begins to sound as Isaiah, Jimmy C, Issac, and Corban stand over the fallen Tajin mercenaries in…
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