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…

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…

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…

We recently posted about graceful exits when someone can’t play at the table anymore. Erica’s migraines mean that a loud, raucous game…

’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…

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’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…

Erica might have started Storytelling later than I did, but she’s now had years of experience running games. Even more impressive, though…

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…