How New Tabletop GMs Can Better Balance Different Play Styles
Every group of players at the table is unique. They each have their own wants, needs, goals, and play-styles. Balancing these factors can be a challenge, especially if the players’…
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What To Do On Your Turn – Tabletop RPGs
Being a new player can sometimes be an intimidating experience. You’re often surrounded by folks who know exactly what to do when, where, how, and why. So when the GM…
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Designing Better Tabletop RPG Milestones
The characters in your tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story are likely to encounter all sorts of obstacles and opportunities. Some are epic battles, others heartbreak, or maybe even summiting your…
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Creating Paths for Natural Tabletop RPG Character Progression
If you’re a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story creator, you naturally invest quite a bit of time and energy into worldbuilding. Settings, characters, plot threads…a great deal of effort goes…
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Breaking Out Of Tabletop RPG “Writer’s Block”
We’ve all been there: you’re rolling right along with your tabletop RPG worldbuilding and you just hit a brick wall. Nothing is coming; the steady tide of inspiration seems to…
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How GMs/DMs Can Better Resolve Disputes At The Table
No matter how thorough the rule book for the tabletop RPG (TTRPG) system you’re using, there are going to be times when a situation is more or less up for…
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Thinking About Trying Your First Tabletop RPG? Read This First!
Have you ever wondered what all the hype is about with these “tabletop role-playing games”? Maybe you’re interested in playing stories for the first time…but don’t quite know how to…
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Tabletop RPG Systems Are Pillars In Your World’s Creation
On the surface, the sheer scale and variety of tabletop RPG systems makes it seem as though your story – your world – is meant to be tailored to just…
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Designing Better Choices In Your Tabletop RPG
When we’re confronted with a choice, it’s the thought-provoking ones that most often stick with us. While “would you like a free pizza?” is certainly compelling. But “would you rather…
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Why Flaws Are So Crucial For Your Tabletop RPG Character
A lot of time and attention is spent on what makes your tabletop RPG character special, smart, strong, capable etc. But well-rounded characters most oftentimes aren’t perfect. Like us, they…
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Planning Ahead For (Tabletop RPG) Character Development
Whenever a tabletop story begins, Schrodinger’s character exists: are they just words on a page? Or are they a real and tangible being? As GMs/DMs, we’re tasked with providing the…
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Cultivating A Sense Of Wonder In Your Tabletop RPG
In stories today, shock value has in many cases replaced the simple beauty of being in awe. That sense of amazement – of wonder – is both an underrated and…
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