Isaiah the Gray, Part 9 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG Isaiah the Gray story: Captain Issac answers: “We are the Gray.” Isaiah looks concerned. “But…that’s my name.” “A coincidence of fate, I’m sure.” replies the…
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The Math of Tabletop RPGs
A common lament I hear in new players is having to “deal with all the math” of tabletop role playing games. When new players first realize that a significant percentage…
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Tips for Managing Characters’ Inventory
How players manage their inventory is a significant worldbuilding component and one you shouldn’t take lightly. Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post centers around some advice & tips for GMs & worldbuilders to…
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Learning Your Lore
For GMs who have a complicated, nuanced, and detailed set of lore at the bedrock of their stories, today’s #GMAdvice is for you as it tackles some best practices around…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 8 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG Isaiah the Gray story: Still strapped in, Jimmy C turns to Isaiah and asks: “Well, where to next?” Isaiah meditates a moment on his surroundings:…
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Why Did Tabletop RPGs Start with Fantasy?
Why did modern RPGs start with the Fantasy genre? Today’s post tackles this open-ended question and helps drive the conversation forward on where we go from here. Beyond the availability…
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The KISS Mentality
We’re discussing not taking our tabletop role playing game experience for granted on today’s #newbieTuesday post. It may be hard for you to remember for you if you’re an experience…
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Base Building!
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about one of my favorite topics: base building! For me, building a base, whether it be a castle, or ship, a tavern, or a whole…
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Delivering Exposition
Today’s #GMAdvice centers around best practices with detail when delivering expository description. Even outside the tabletop RPG setting, when people are telling a story about something that happened to them,…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 7 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG, Isaiah and Jimmy C share a puzzled look as stare out the ship’s main viewer: a predator, warbird of a ship, clad in a pure…
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Game 7!
Today’s #wildcardWednesday post is all about an incredibly simple but amazingly fun dice game we invented called Game 7. Similar to how in the playoffs in basketball, hockey, and baseball,…
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Pace of Play
Today’s #newbieTuesday post is all about the pace of play in tabletop role playing games. It’s neither good nor bad to have a fast or slow-paced story; it’s a stylistic…
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