The Importance of Plot Mapping
A main stage of worldbuilding we’ve not previously discussed on #worldbuildingMonday is called Plot Mapping. Plot mapping is essentially the exercise is organizing your world’s complex web of history such…
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The Couriers, Episode 6
Episode 6. The one that will define our show and what The Couriers stands for. We’ve put a whole lot of work into this show over the past 6+ months.…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 5 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG, Isaiah turns to his new compatriot and says: “Come Jimmy. There’s work to be done.” Jimmy C nods and follows Isaiah through the massive Czerka…
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Creating Your Character
Last week on #newbieTuesday we talked about what it’s literally like playing a story at the table. Today, we’re going to take that a step further and talk about a…
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No More Tropes!
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about how to cleanse your stories from tropes during the worldbuilding stage. If you’ll consider the following Jurassic Park analogy: your original story, whose genesis…
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Resolving Disputes at the Table
Today’s #GMAdvice is all about how to resolve disputes should they arise at the table. A majority of issues tend to stem from the perception of an uneven distribution of…
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Aragorn at Amon Sul
Today’s post comes from one of my favorite movies and story worlds: Lord of the Rings (again haha). I found myself watching Fellowship of the Ring for the upteenth time…
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What Playing Tabletop RPGs is Actually Like
I’m continuing the #newbieTuesday thread from last week on correcting some of the perception v. reality issues prospective players have about playing stories via role playing games. It may seem…
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Open Worlds in Your Tabletop RPG
We hear “open world” all the time these days in video games & RPGs. For today’s #worldbuildingMonday post, we advise on to what degree your world should be open. There’s…
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The Nemesis System
Today’s #GMAdvice centers around a hot feature that’s been making the rounds, especially in video games, in the past several years: the Nemesis system. There’s numerous incarnations of Nemesis systems…
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Isaiah the Gray, Part 4 #TBTRPG
Continuing from last week’s #tbtRPG, Isaiah is seated in the cargo area of the military spacecraft, staring out the window many thousands of feet above the chaos of Coruscant, the…
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Four Plinko!
Today’s post is all about #FourPlinko and RPG mini-games. Never heard of #FourPlinko? Well, that’s okay because it’s a mini-game that I made up for one of our RPGs several…
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