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The alley-oop
The alley-oop
Recently (as of this writing), we’ve watched Critical Role’s Mighty Nein face some of their party members’ old enemies. In both cases, when…
Aron Christensen
Nov 29
No one fix
No one fix
Erica and I talk a lot about our gaming and the issues that we’ve seen, about how we fix them or get around them. But there are so many…
Aron Christensen
Nov 22
Link: Make your Big Bad a lich
Ginny Di recently posted a wonderful video on making great lich villains. While most of the advice is specific to liches, it’s a lot of…
Erica Lindquist
Nov 15
It’s not just about the destination, but the journey to get there
It’s not just about the destination, but the journey to get there
“You travel across the broken black landscape of the blood volcanos. Superheated stone geyser into the air as if from a severed jugular…
Aron Christensen
Nov 8
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My first X card
My first X card
Aron’s been my Storyteller for decades. He’s my husband and knows me better than anyone else in the world. But the other day, I still had…
Erica Lindquist
Nov 1
Slow cooking
Slow cooking
I love the role-playing part of RPGs, but especially in a large group, it can become quickly complicated. Sometimes a player has something…
Aron Christensen
Oct 25
Retirement parties
Retirement parties
Retiring an RPG character can be a fraught time for the whole table. Making a graceful exit isn’t always easy and requires a lot of work…
Aron Christensen
Oct 18
Hurdles
Hurdles
What is the table’s goal when a fight scene breaks out? To win! (Though there may be other goals in combat, like taking out a piece of…
Aron Christensen
Oct 11
Fair play?
Fair play?
Do Storytellers owe their groups anything like fair play? The answer, as it always is, is that it depends upon the table. But let’s spend a…
Aron Christensen
Oct 4
Down for downtime
Down for downtime
In role-playing games, it might be a little counterintuitive to think about not moving the plot forward, not investigating and spying, or…
Aron Christensen
Sep 27
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