Tackling Dilemmas in Tabletop RPGs
We’re talking about encountering dilemmas on today’s #newbieTuesday post. Group problem solving is a core element of the tabletop role playing game experience. Social situations, puzzles, and even combat oftentimes…
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The Scale of Your Tabletop RPG World(s)
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday story centers around the relationship between the scale of the story’s setting and the responsibility on the GM to maintain said scale. The analogy we’ll use today is…
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The Council of Elrond, #ifthiswereaTTRPG
We kick off the first – hopefully of many! – of Wednesday’s #ifthiswereaTTRPG series with the critical inflection point in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring at the…
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Finding the Flow in Playing Stories
For new players, sometimes the action & happenings of the story can be hard to follow. Are we in/out of combat? Who is talking? What was just said? Is it…
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Time Travel in Tabletop RPGs
We’re discussing time travel on today’s #worldbuildingMonday post. As we’ve seen in books, comics, movies, and TV shows, travelling through time has serious ramifications on the world(s) involved in the…
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Managing Sources of Conflict in your Tabletop RPG
We’re tackling how to manage sources of conflict on both today’s #worldbuildingMonday post as well as this Friday’s #GMAdvice post. From a worldbuilder’s point of view, because conflict in your…
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Tips On Party Awareness
Today’s #GMAdvice centers around best practices for keeping the party aware of their surroundings & context. While it is ultimately the party’s responsibility to pay attention, the GM is responsible…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 11 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s Isaiah the Gray #TBTRPG story, Jimmy C motions to the Away Pod. “After you.” Captain Issac enters the pod, followed by Hanari and T’Enora. Before boarding,…
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Happy New Year! Surprise Episode 7 Releases of Both Shows!
Happy New Year to All! 2018 was an incredible year for StoryTogether. We founded nearly exactly one year ago to the day with the mission to show anyone who would…
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Tabletop RPG Homebrewing Tips
Homebrewing is the act of either altering an existing system’s rule set or the creation of your own rule-set, typically with foundational elements from another. Today’s #GMAdvice centers on both…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 10 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG Isaiah the Gray story: “Who are the Gray?” asks Isaiah. Captain Issac ponders a moment. “The Gray are simply a group of people dedicated to…
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Crafting in Your Tabletop RPG
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday covers what I consider to be an under-served topic for TTRPG players: crafting. Crafting is seen almost as an indulgence for hardcore players. It’s too rarely a point…
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