Stockholmed As a DM I love a captive audience. I don’t know if I’d like being forced to play D&D for several hours. But it’s probably not as bad as some of the sketchy basements I’ve ended up walking into […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Final Tactic I hate scheduling. It’s a personal pet peeve. Juggling and trying to coordinate the fun of multiple people. It’s my personal hell that I have volunteered for by running a game. But adulting is hard, especially around Christmas […] ↓ 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…
So Very Wrong I keep hearing that “there’s no wrong way to play D&D”. And part of me embraces that. I love that you can make the game your own. And I try reject arguments that postulate that people are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Backup Plan When the party completely jumps the rails of your story and turns your carefully planned adventure into train wreck, sometimes you save elements of the adventure. An NPC can be brought back, an encounter could be used in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy Surprise? The birth of my son killed my 4th Edition D&D campaign. Well, the fact that the birth almost killed my wife had more to do with killing the campaign than my son himself, but the birth didn’t help. […] ↓ 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…
Another Mark on the Wall When I run the game, my friend Bryan is the death magnet. But when I play, I attract player character deaths like a brutalised adventurer attracts flies. In the high level mini-campaign we’re currently playing, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jitters When you enjoy playing a character, you get passionate about it. And it’s human nature to want to share your passions, to share what excites you. But no one likes to hear about character. No matter how much they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Price of Healing Someone needs to be the healer. And when no one else wants the role, the GM might have to take measures to ensure a balanced party! Personally, I just let the players pick their classes and work […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Identify Yourself Yeah, I’m still going “political” at times in this comic. Despite being smacked down on Twitter I’m too argumentative not to call “BS!” and poke fun. I’ve seen this argument on ENWorld before in relation to a gay […] ↓ 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…
