Game Master Mechanics… That Spell Can’t Do That: Rules as Written vs the Rule of Cool 31 Jul 20197 Aug 2019 As a Dungeon Master running games of Dungeons and Dragons I am often faced with the dilemma of do I use rules as written or the rule of cool. In…
Player Social… We Are All in This Together 24 Jul 201929 Jul 2019 There are certain assumptions that are made in pen and paper role playing games that don’t need to be said. Things like your character uses the bathroom, if there is…
Tools of the Trade Fantasy Brought to Life, but Little. (Miniatures) 17 Jul 201918 Jul 2019 In many pen and paper role playing games, combat will break out. On occasion, the fight will remain in the theater of the mind. Sometimes the combat will spill out…
Game Master Narrative… “You Don’t Think You Hear Anything.” (The Power of Expectation) 9 Jul 201910 Jul 2019 “You don’t think you hear anything.” I was told this by a Dungeon Master almost two decades ago and it has stuck with me all this time. It is not…
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