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It’s alright to just tell your players things. Really. Role-playing games don’t have to be epic efforts of secrecy and subtle manipulation…
Erica Lindquist
Feb 1
Fight scene flow chart
Fight scene flow chart
We write a lot about combat in role-playing games. They’re a core part of most (but not all) RPGs, and deserve just as much narrative and…
Erica Lindquist
Jan 25
Putting the pieces together
Putting the pieces together
Exposition is an important part of most RPGs. If there’s a mystery, a riddle, or backstory, it’s going to come out eventually. And it’s the…
Aron Christensen
Jan 18
Avoiding the wind-down
Avoiding the wind-down
Combats are one of the most involved and complicated parts of many role-playing games. But as we’ve written about before, they tend to have…
Erica Lindquist
Jan 11
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NPCing someone else’s character
NPCing someone else’s character
We recently posted about graceful exits when someone can’t play at the table anymore. Erica’s migraines mean that a loud, raucous game…
Aron Christensen
Jan 4
Surviving RPG withdrawal
Surviving RPG withdrawal
’Tis the season! We’re mid-holiday — as well as mid-flu and covid season — which means that people are busy and or sick. And that means…
Aron Christensen
Dec 28, 2022
Rules buddies
Rules buddies
Most role-playing games have a lot of rules. Not all — there are some truly excellent rules-light RPGs out there. But games like Dungeons &…
Erica Lindquist
Dec 21, 2022
Phasing out characters
Phasing out characters
Erica’s migraines finally mean she had to step away from our game, which just sucks. But it got us talking about writing characters out of…
Aron Christensen
Dec 14, 2022
Making waves
Making waves
Erica might have started Storytelling later than I did, but she’s now had years of experience running games. Even more impressive, though…
Aron Christensen
Dec 7, 2022
RPG crypto follow-Up
RPG crypto follow-Up
After Aron’s recent RPG crypto post, it got stuck in my head. Not consciously at first, but I realized that I was dwelling on it about…
Erica Lindquist
Nov 30, 2022
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