Genre Police: In Defence Of The Monster
Geek NativePerhaps the most hated trope in the entirety of roleplaying is the DMPC, a character created by the DM as a party member.
Tag: Group Dynamics
Genre Police: New Horizons
The latest Genre Police RPG tips post looks at New Horizons, talks about why people pick D&D and how you can get a group to consider something else.
Genre Police: New Horizons
The latest Genre Police RPG tips post looks at New Horizons, talks about why people pick D&D and how you can get a group to consider something else.
Shadowrun Campaign Pitch – Songs in the Key of X
Sea of Stars RPGPlanning for a new campaign of Shadowrun . . . if my players are interested.
RPG safety has always been important: A review of Safety Tools of the OSR Table
Safety Tools of the OSR Table, a new Pay What You Want to download, blows apart the myth that safety considerations in tabletop RPGs are new or unwelcome.
Sean’s GenCon Advice 2021
My advice for GenCon (and convention goers in general)! Hope to see you there.
Genre Police: Wangrods and Warriors
To summarise Coleville, The Wangrod Defence is when a player uses ‘But that’s what my character would do’ as an excuse for problematic behaviour.
Genre Police: Meta-Lurgy
Sometimes people talk about characters as ‘meta’. It’s almost always used in a negative context. But one survey shows that people don’t use ‘meta’ in the same way, and sometimes it can be good to ‘meta game’.
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.
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