Top stories published by RPGuide in January of 2020

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Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jan 14, 2020

Image: Illustration of a figure and horse climbing a mountain slope while two rows of sci-fi-looking boxes float menacingly above.

Role-playing a jerk

So your character concept is an embittered mercenary who’s learned life’s hardest lesson — don’t trust anyone. They are…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 23, 2020

Image: A watercolor of two hands about to clasp against a blue background.

Making the game fun is your job, but not your whole life

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 6, 2020

Image: A chalkboard drawing of a happy face outweighing an unhappy one on a scale.

Pivoting a scene as a player

After a bit of a break over the holidays, we finally got to play Jason’s Mage game again. It was good to be…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 2, 2020

Image: The 2-page default character sheet for Snake Eyes.

Prototype Snake Eyes character sheet

Happy New Year, gamers! We have a lot of work to do on Snake Eyes in 2020, but I’m excited to…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 27, 2020

Image: Character sheets, cover and title page for Snake Eyes

Updated Snake Eyes stuff!

We’ve been working on the mechanics, play-testing and manual material for Snake Eyes. But when the crunchy systems…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jan 20, 2020

Image: A skull-faced figure back-lit by a glowing runic circle and summoning skeletal-looking magic.

Vampire check-up

A while back, I started a Vampire: The Masquerade campaign with a new gaming group. Their gaming experience was just board games…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jan 30, 2020

Layering scenes for impact

Erica and I are writers, so we tend to focus heavily on story and theme in our games. For us, that means lots of…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 9, 2020

Link: Tips for Storytelling Horror

I haven’t seen many how-to videos for Storytelling much on Geek & Sundry lately. But luckily, there’s still some great articles on how to tell your best RPG story! This one is a short list of suggestions for how ti up your horror game um… game.

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jan 16, 2020

Link: D&D manuals for kids

We’ve written before about Storytelling for kids, including using a system designed for younger players. Well, Wizards of the Coast is apparently taking this a step further and making a set of manuals directed at kids interested in Dungeons & Dragons — or for parents or siblings…

February 2020

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