Using The Mind’s Eye In Your Worldbuilding
The Mind’s Eye, our mental canvas of limitless possibilities. And for tabletop role-playing games, the platform for our shared story experiences. This theater of the mind empowers us to collectively…
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What To Do On Your (Tabletop RPG) Turn
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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Balancing Role-Playing & Combat In Your TTRPG Worldbuilding
In their tabletop RPG story, the players need to feel there’s a harmony between the traditional TTRPG yin and yang: role-playing (RP) and combat. The ratio between these two sides…
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Honoring a Character’s Backstory
When you’re the GM of a tabletop role-playing game, it’s pretty standard to expect that the players’ characters will come with various degrees of backstories. Some will be short and…
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The Road To Becoming A Solid Tabletop RPG Player
We hear about “getting into a groove” all the time, whether it’s becoming a new parent, starting a new job, or learning a new skill. As we get to know…
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So It’s Time To Run Your First Tabletop RPG Session…
Planning your campaign’s first session brings some pressure along for the ride. You want all the players to really enjoy the story. And perhaps most of all, you want everyone…
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Isaiah the Gray – The Story Thus Far – Chapters 1-30
To commemorate the conclusion of the Isaiah the Gray tabletop role-playing game story my brother and I have been playing off and on for a little over a year, I…
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Feeling Comfortable In Your Character’s Skin
Whenever I’m talking with a group of people who are just learning about playing stories for the first time, the topic of speaking as one’s character invariably comes up. “Do…
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Ready-Made Scenes For When The Story Doesn’t Go As Planned
No matter the planning or effort you put into your tabletop RPG worldbuilding, when the story is actually played, it’s not going to exactly follow that planned path. So for…
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How To Better Define Your Tabletop RPG’s Milestones
The characters in your tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) story are likely to encounter all sorts of obstacles and opportunities. Whether they’re epic battles, heartbreak, or perhaps summiting your world’s tallest…
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Liar Liar’s “The Pen is Blue!” Scene – What If It Were A RPG?
What if instead of a movie, the famous “The Pen is Blue!” scene from the classic 90s comedy Liar! Liar! was a bunch of people playing a tabletop role-playing game?…
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How Characters Make Choices in Tabletop RPGs
Everyone is familiar with making choices. And some decisions are more difficult and/or more important than others. “What should my major be in college?” – for example – is likely…
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