Beginnings: #dungeon23, 2023 in gaming, and 2023 in blogging.
TomHappy New Year!
Progress on my #dungeon23 dungeon, and some RPG Blog Carnival news…
Tag: Storytelling
Dateline – Seattle, December 2079 – The Giving Gala
Sea of Stars RPGSome in-game world writing from my Shadowrun campaign. The future is not always dark.
RPG designer John-Matthew DeFoggi on how a time jump can serve your players and setting
Geek NativePretty much every GM has been in this situation. Whether you are playing in your favorite published setting or in your lovingly crafted homebrew world, the world can seem stale after a few campaigns. Players know the characters, the problems, and the status quo.
YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Vampire Lair
Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month covers an adventure set in Middle-earth using The One Ring Second Edition. As a follow-up to last month’s column on vampires, here is a lair of vampires that Player-heroes may need to face to rescue prisoners or claim a magic treasure after a harrowing Journey and necessary Council.
Charisma Saves: Improving Improv
Welcome to Charisma Saves, a column devoted to the “RP” in RPG. While there is a plethora of gaming advice on every single mechanical process and how to improve them, this section examines the less structured aspects of many role-playing games. This will be a focused look at improving improv and how it can facilitate a more imaginative space for players and GMs.
YZ Worldbuilding: The One Ring Vampires
Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month features a return to Middle-earth via The One Ring Second Edition. PCs need a challenge as they grow in power. My answer? Vampires.
Genre Police: Contenders, Ready!
Players should be competing in a series of different and varied challenges that allow them to gather points towards a qualifier for the second round and then add more in that round so that the top two can compete in the final. This allows players to gather points in different ways and tell their own stories.
GenCon, 2022, Day 3 and Day 4
Finishing up my experience at GenCon 2022.
GenCon, 2022, Day 1 and Day 2
More about my time at GenCon this year.
