While technology continues its rapid march forward, some things remain the same. Take tabletop RPGs, for instance, which have seen a huge renaissance in recent years. What we think of as pen-and-paper games reach back…
The first incarnation of the massively-popular Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast The Adventure Zone has come to an end. Maybe more than any other pop cultural phenomena in recent memory, the series has drawn…
As if DMs do not have enough to worry about when running their games. A major point that all DMs should keep in mind is their players. We all come to the gaming table to…
It often feels like every weekend there is a geeky convention happening somewhere in the world; sometimes even two. Usually, our style is to give you a preview of the things we are looking forward…
Need a some ideas for that next game session? Adventure hooks, villains, and treasure to spice up any campaign This months adventure hook is Orotheck’s Promise.
Need a some ideas for that next game session? Adventure hooks, villains, and treasure to spice up any campaign This months adventure hook is the Legend of Ol’ Mad Eye.
For those brave souls who are prepared to create worlds to challenge players, here is a helpful guide for you.
Paizo Publishing, the creators of the popular Pathfinder universe, were on hand at this year’s Gen Con to celebrate the release of Starfinder, a spacefaring role-playing game and only its second major tabletop RPG. The…
The original Dungeons & Dragons game featured some activities that most players didn’t enjoy and eventually came to skip. I already wrote about mapping. Unless your group plays D&D in a deliberately old style, you…
It was the winter of my sophomore year of college when some friends suggested we try Dungeons & Dragons. Back then, I knew very little about the game—something about a group of people hunched over…