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…
Role Reversal This is currently my drama. With my homebrew campaign having ended half a year ago, I’m currently near the middle of a long 5th Edition campaign. Which is a big adjustment. Not in the least because DM has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oldest of Schools I almost feel like I should start this blog with: not to crap on the Old School Renaissance, but… I honestly don’t really have strong feelings about the OSR, be it the Renaissance or Revival. Probably because, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
