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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Choice-Design Tips for 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, “would you rather give…
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Cultivating Character Development During Worldbuilding
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 goes into ironing…
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The Marriage Between Your Character’s Skills, Talents, And Their Role
There are many ways to play stories. And virtually all of them have unique ways to approach how we define a character. StoryTogether’s StoryNite framework has a character’s talents front…
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Harmonizing The TTRPG Party
When players are coming up with their characters’ backstories, oftentimes they’re not doing so together. Character creation after all traditionally is a highly individual process; although, there’s certainly collaboration here…
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What Does Each Person Want Out Of The (TTRPG) Story?
When you sit down to start your next tabletop RPG campaign, you’re sitting at a fertile, nearly infinite sandbox of story. And every TTRPG story is different – its twists…
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Balancing Different Tabletop RPG Play-Styles As The GM
Every group of players at the table is unique. They each have their own wants, needs, goals, and play-styles. Balancing these facets can be a challenge, especially if the players’…
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The Absolute Basics – Tabletop RPGs For Beginners
“What do you mean when you say “playing stories”?” I get that question all the time. I’m sure a lot of you in the TTRPG community do too. How do…
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Follow The Laughter – How To Perfect Your Tabletop RPG’s Flow
A tabletop role-playing game story is not a straight line between points A and B. There are many twists and turns, some planned for, some completely unforeseen. Some come from…
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What You Can Expect When You ‘Conduct’ A TTRPG
There’s no doubt there’s quite a bit to “juggle” in the GM/DM’s role. The players, characters, NPCs, the world itself, what’s happening, what will likely happen…there’s a lot for the…
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Easy As 1-2-3: What TTRPG Players Do When It’s Their Turn
On the surface, being a new tabletop RPG player can be an intimidating experience. You’re often surrounded by folks who know exactly what to do all the time. So when…
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The Rules Are Not Roadblocks: Worldbuilding In Different TTRPG Systems
Happy 2021 everyone! 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…
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