Avoiding the Yellow Brick Road: How GMs/DMs Approach Session Zero
This week’s #GMAdvice post is all about how GMs should be balancing player character creation with what they (the GM/DM) “know is coming” in the story. Risking repeating the obvious,…
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Keeping Track of What Inspires You
This week’s #worldbuildingMonday post is all about how to use what inspires you to pave the road to your world in your mind.Inspiration certainly isn’t an exact science – I…
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“Playing a Role”: For New Tabletop RPG Players
For today’s #newbieTuesday post, I wanted to discuss a topic many of us that play tabletop role playing games take for granted: playing a role.I’ve said this a number of…
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How to Present Choices to Tabletop RPG Players
Today’s #worldbuildingMonday post centers around the concept of “railroading” and best practices around keeping your use of it in check.For the uninitiated, “railroading” essentially means forcing the players down certain…
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Jumping In Heads-First to Tabletop RPGs
Last week, we talked about how new players can best jump right into playing tabletop RPGs. This week's #newbieTuesday post digs deeper into one of those main points of emphasis:…
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