Genre Police: Strange Brew
Geek Native“We need to talk about the term ‘homebrew’,” argues professional DM Ben Jackson-Ellery in the Genre Police’s search for a common gaming language. Why has the meaning changed?
Tag: GM Techniques
Genre Police: Not The Destination, but the journey
While doing the survey of gaming terms, I asked about hexcrawls and pointcrawls and got a variety of answers.
Genre Police: Sand in the Eyes
This is something that a lot of GMs do. They know that player agency is important and let them do anything but feel like they are failing or the game is bad because the party keeps getting off track.
Genre Police: Staying On Track
It seems like we are beginning to think about railroad in a way that is just used to critique a game where you can see the way a story is going to go or has elements you find prosaic.
20 Quick Questions: Rules from Necropraxis
Sea of Stars RPGKeeping everyone on the same page for rules.
Join the August 2021 RPG Blog Carnival – Let’s Build A Dungeon!
TomThis month’s RPG Blog Carnival theme is “Let’s Build A Dungeon”…
The Magic of GM Never Roll Systems
Steve RechnerI’ve become absolutely addicted to systems where the GM never rolls the dice…
Slaadi in Dungeons and Dragons Part 2: Batrachian Beasts From Beyond
RJD20Horrifying outsiders often invade our D&D worlds. They pillage green earth, gather frightened prisoners, and spread corruption far and wide, slaughtering, not rankling. Planar denizens run rampant as villains in plenty of TTRPG systems: devils, demons, and elementals among countless others. One outsider entity in particular haunts far fewer D&D adventures than it should: slaadi.
Genre Police: Keep On Marching
Professional GM Ben Jackson-Ellery shares some wisdom and practical tips for anyone hoping to set up and run tabletop RPG campaigns “West Marches” style.