Heraclitus is a famous Greek philosopher, and he revealed a deep truth about tabletop gaming when he coined the famous term “You can’t cross the same river twice.” In reality he was talking about how the world is in constant change, but us gamers can take a big lesson from this too! That lesson is…
Getting your players invested
Natural disasters are tragic events, no matter how they're spun. Many people have died due to tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other disasters throughout the course of time. That being said, these events are never something to be taken lightly in our day to day lives. In fiction, however, tragic events like this go a long…
Where do I even start? Part 2
The second part of this series focuses on building your campaign and fleshing out the ideas that you planned out previously!
Camping and campaigning
So my spring break has just passed and I took some time to go out camping. While I was out I decided to take a small journal and use it to write down my thoughts and possibly take some notes for my world building. We went out to a camping spot off of a half…
Why you should play: Gnome Barbarian
A quick look into an odd combination that you may have fun playing!
Session Zero: Players
Two weeks ago I wrote about GMs and session zero... Then I got pretty sick and missed a week, but now I am back and ready to talk about session zero for players! First let’s do a little recap though. Session zero is where a party gets together and starts off their adventure. It usually…
Where do I even start? Part One
Hunter discusses the first of three phases you'll go through when running your first RPG
Lord Of The Rings For Dnd 5e: A Players Perspective.
This last weekend my good friend and co-writer Hunter @skunkosourous GMed a session of the Lord of The Rings mod for DnD 5e and while I am pretty sure he has some thoughts about it on the GM side of things, I thought I would offer my players perspective. So we all started at third…
What starts with 2 D6, then 5 D6, then one D20? A Gamer.
Sorry I missed Monday’s article. With school starting I’ve been a little busy, but i managed to get a little bit of Heroscape in and that got me thinking. I wanted to take this Friday to talk about why I game, and the games that brought me here.This goes past the about page gaming philosophy…
Who’s your daddy?
It's pretty common in character creation to hear or assume dead parents or family. And why not right? You don't have to think about it anymore, you won't have to interact with them at all in-game, and nobody can kidnap them as hostages! All great things, right? Well, maybe not so much. Personally, I really…
