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Jack Chick: Agent of Lucifer
It’s laughable, really. The very idea that a common, harmless hobby like Dungeons and Dragons is a front for organized Satanic witchcraft and demonology is absurd. Probably the only thing crazier would...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Alone in a Crowd
It’s no secret that our media laud the loners. We adore the one-soul-against-it-all narrative of a reluctant hero saving a world they don’t feel attached to or welcome in. While it’s not the only...
View ArticleSix Spoon-Saving Tips for Convention-Goers
Hello, readers! Today we’ve got a very special guest post from the one and only Elsa S. Henry, a historian-turned-game designer who has an MA in Women’s History. She’s not just a game designer, though,...
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Piper in the Darkness – A Short Trail of Cthulhu Scenario
Piper in the Darkness A short Trail of Cthulhu adventure By Nook Harper Overview This adventure was written as a short ‘one shot’ introduction to the Trail of Cthulhu game, and was played through...
View ArticleBuilding the Campaign Together: Why Do All the Heavy Lifting Yourself?
I’m here today with Tracy of Exploding Rogue Studios to talk about collaboration in campaign building and gaming. Tracy is a game designer, writer, and all-around awesome person who is currently...
View ArticleThe Misbehaviour Manifesto: Morality, Sanity, Taboos and You
Conflict drives stories, and stories drive games. In its simplest form, conflict is represented in our games with combat – one or more sides trade blows until someone cedes or dies – or as opposition...
View ArticleForeword to a Never Published Work of Military History, Found in a Cache of...
I have done what I could to assemble a clear and sensible text from the scattered notes and outlines recovered from [REDACTED], adding detail where possible from [SEVERAL LINES REDACTED] Freedom of...
View ArticleLast Day to Vote for Us in the ENnies
Friends. Supporters. Fans. See that medal? The one attached to this post? We want one. We want one real bad. How bad do we want one? Well, we were recently interviewed by the RPG Examiner, during which...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Fun Without Fisticuffs
So I’ve recently started GMing a game with a friend and his daughter on said daughter’s last summer before starting high school, since after this she’ll be way too busy to do this kind of gaming again...
View ArticleThe Secret History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
On 17 August 1585, 107 English colonists set foot for the first time on an island which the local Algonquian speaking tribes called Roanoke, a word they used to refer to the large peculiar and often...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Conventional Wisdom
(This week’s Behind the Screen is showing up on a special day because by the time Friday rolls around, it’ll be too late for this advice to do much good for my fellow GenCon GMs!) Conventions are their...
View ArticleAn Indy Insider’s Guide to Gen Con
With Gen Con rapidly approaching, we asked our friend and Indianapolis native Brian Dunten to give us a few tips and tricks to maximizing our (and your) fun in the city throughout the con. And wow, did...
View Article#RPGChat Archive, July 24 2015: More GenCon Tips!
The topic for the July 24th RPGChat was Gen Con! Wondering what RPGchat is? Allow us to explain. Interested in participating? Join us next week on Twitter. Just look for the #rpgchat hashtag, and share...
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Post Gen Con Report 2015: The Sound of a Thousand Sad Trombones Playing in...
Gen Con was amazing this year, but alas, it is over. We’re home and more or less back in the groove of real life, albeit that kind of real life where you mumble incoherently in meetings and hiss at the...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Passing the Baton
I swear, every convention I come home with a thousand more game ideas than I’d ever reasonably be able to run in a lifetime (without a phylactery involved, anyway). That always puts me in the mind to...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Top to Bottom
The more time I spend with geeks and gamers, the more fascinated I become with some of our overlapping subcultures. For one, gamers and sports fans isn’t as out-there a combination as every 80s movie...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Mount Dagon
Despite (or because of) the losses the English settlers suffered at Roanoke, European settlement in North America continued in fits and starts, led by entrepreneurs, explorers, and religious refugees....
View Article#RPGchat Topic: No Combat? No problem!
This week’s #RPGchat is going to be all about running combat-free sessions and games. We’ll explore ways to keep all of your players engaged in role play heavy interactions, acquiring experience...
View ArticleBehind the Screen: Navigating Maps
We’ve talked about distances before, where accuracy beats alacrity and vice versa, but let’s get down into the virtual dirt with the actual ways to bring the various maps to life at the table, and...
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5 Tips for Running D&D Adventurers League (and other organized play campaigns)
Today, we’re joined by Robert Adducci, the D&D Adventurers League Community Manager, to talk about the ins and outs of running an organized play game. He’ll also be joining as co-host for tomorrow...
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