Blogs about Role-playing games

In 2015 I was playtesting an adventure that I hoped to self-publish for LotFP. To make it fun as I ran it locally, I wanted some really snazzy character sheets, so I commissioned Craig Brasco …

I'm trying something different with this #Dungeon23 update, fewer but more meaty entries, so I'm not spamming you with a handful of rooms. I'm not sure if it's better. Anyway, here's the first half(ish) of …

Go to Part 1 ORCHIDS OF THE INVISIBLE MOUNTAIN (Terry H. Romero): I actually quite like this scenario, and I’d like you to keep that in mind while I discuss its two major problems. (Then …

El Refugio de Ryhope is bringing Microscope to Spanish speakers world-wide! They did a great job with Follow, and it’s always exciting to see Microscope unleashed on a whole new community.

I wrote up a thread recently about safety tools in ttRPGs/mothership, but I wanted to archive it here for future reference and expand on it a little bit. Let’s get into it: I’m working on …

Trends in modern gaming: People like to roll in the open (transparency) Players (not DMs) roll when possible I can live with both of these (you probably sense a but), but I don’t like this …

This is the first fiction out of the Starforged game I wrote about last week. I cover my setup there. It’s an experiment! Maybe you’re not in for fiction, and that’s fine. I’ve also embedded …

The Levellers set out into the catacombs in search of the missing druid Seltern Obranch, despite Tunwéya‘s reservations about saving the life of even a single halfling after what happened. They found him barely 50 …

The Hex Garden Encounters Three inductees in vivid butterfly robes, gardening. Brilliant, giant butterfly, fluttering above the chapel. Hex Priest. Two furred, swift, small humanoids, stealing figs. Giant caterpillar, feeding on the nearest green leaf. …

MaterialWhen interviewers ask me about how I approach writing RPG stuff I usually say something like "It's a lot like writing a novel or other story, you just do it like that."I realize that might …

For when players want to loot something, and you don’t have anything specific to give them. A mix of wonderful and mundane items. “Busy pub where someone might steal from a bag.” “There’s some boring …

Patrick could have given this monster a dumb fantasy name, but like a true professional tells you what it does on the box. Demon Bone Sarcophagus seems a little intimidating to me. There is lots …

There are lots of little lazy tricks we can use to streamline our 5e RPGs. I'm a big fan of using static monster damage for example. I find anything to help speed up and streamline …

Tony takes a shower.Tony brushes his teeth.He thinks "I'm healthy."He thinks "Should I have a bidet? At my parents' house, they have a bidet. They have so much stuff. I should have more stuff. At …

By ArtifexWorlds Self Published Generic/Universal ... or 5e? Tier 2 Welcome to Muffelton. A frontier town in a land that has finally calmed down a little after having been ravaged by disease and civil war …