Mystery plots & investigations in TTRPGs

I love mystery plots. The surprising twists and turns of a well-crafted investigation is…

Pacing an RPG

So you’ve got an RPG story to tell and players to bring it to life, but pacing can have a dramatic effect on how the campaign unfolds…

Storium in the Time of COVID-19

Just Say No to Human Contact

Quicksand

Navigating the sandbox

How to Play Storium in Meatspace

After the pandemic, obvy

Link: How To Arrest Your Characters In Style

In general, it best not to capture player characters or otherwise take them out out of the narrative driver’s seat. They tend to get frustrated and fall back on taunting or tormenting their captors. But sometimes the campaign’s story — or your PCs’…

Link: Gaming Horror Stories to Avoid

It happens to every Storyteller — a game session goes badly. It can be the dice, the players, or just a cranky comment that leaves everyone in a sour mood. Learning from our mistakes is great… but learning from someone else’s is even better. Geek & Sundry has some…

Link: Confined Space Campaigns

Especially for short or house games, confining your RPG to a single location can be a great way to keep things from spreading out too far. But it can also lead to stagnation, if your players and their characters have seen everything the locale has to offer. So Geek & Sundry…