Praise Be To RNGesus In video games and virtual tabletops, randomness is handled by specialized programs called a “random number generator” that are designed to create numbers with the illusion of true randomness, in a way that can’t be manipulated. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Technical Difficulties As I resume DMing for my home game, technical difficulties defined the first session as half the table had huge issues with Discord. Never had anyone else experience Discord issues. But it doesn’t help one only has a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maximum Security More crafty people than me have made fancy dice jails to punish their misbehaving click-clack math rocks. If I attempted such a project it would look like a father’s day present made by a kindergarten student who just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Management Style You want to give players spotlights from time to time. Moments when their character is the focus of the story as someone engages them in single combat or a lengthier roleplaying moment relevant to their character arc and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
White Glove Treatment I like dice. A bold statement to be sure, because most gamers are ambivalent regarding dice, seeing them as an annoying crutch. Oh, wait, no. Games adore dice. Heck, three other gamers at my table like dice […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Who Rolled It Better Inspired by my game. I have a lot of dice fiends with large collections of polyhedrals, which rotate in-and-out between what character is being played or how well particular d20s are rolling. Every player likes their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dirty 20 Finding lost dice is tricky. Those suckers can roll and vanish in a blink of an eye. Which is annoying, but it’s a huge problem unless it’s a d4. Those are a hazard to life and limb. Meanwhile, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Roll for Privilege The name of this strip comes from an actual joke uttered at my gametable. We have a couple women gamers who are currently playing men (for reasons), so there’s been a fair amount of joking along the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where it Lies Loosely inspired by Episode 114 of Critical Role. As a DM it’s tricky to determine if a player really rolled a cocked dice: where a pencil or piece or paper interfered with the proper roll and the side […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dance Like No One is Watching When your dice are on fire, you celebrate. Party while you can. Because your dice will turn on you soon enough, and try their best to horribly kill your character. Don’t eff me, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Boom I’m not sure whether to feel proud about this dad joke or a little ashamed. Next I’ll be doing a “dice pool” joke with the gamers swimming laps. So-called “exploding” dice systems are fun. When you roll a certain […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All Or Nothing The swashbuckler in my homegame started out the campaign with a natural 1 and a natural 20, and has continued that trend of improbably rolls, earning the nickname of “all-in-Flynn”. Ridiculousness abounds when he attacks with his […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
