Top stories published by RPGuide in April of 2020

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Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Apr 27, 2020

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eRPG

Getting to sit down and role-play with your gaming group isn’t always easy. Even when you move game to virtual platforms, just getting your friends…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Apr 13, 2020

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Anatomy of a guide NPC

We’ve written about the importance of NPCs in role-playing games a lot. They serve as a barometer for the players, they…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Apr 5, 2020

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Gaming with obsessive tendencies

I recently finished reading a book that made me take a long look back at my role-playing experiences…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Apr 13, 2020

Playing RPGs virtually

During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone’s stuck inside. While Erica and I can play as many ironic rounds of Pandemic as…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 30, 2020

eRPG update

Another week in quarantine has passed and I think it’s time to jot down a quick update on what we’ve been up to.

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 2, 2020

Link: Onboarding New Players

Sure, the ideal is beginning and ending a campaign with the same group. But sometimes you need to bring in new players, and it can be a lot of fun to add to the existing cast! Geek & Sundry has some tip for how to smoothly fold in the new player and their character:

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 8, 2020

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Gaming at a distance

Until recently, I’ve always role-played in person. We’ve hosted many campaigns in our living room, or driven out to a…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 20, 2020

Link: Create Compelling Monsters With These 3 GM Tips

Monsters are the bread and butter of most table-top RPG campaigns — goblins on the road, the orcish army marching toward the PCs’ home kingdom, or just the betentacled horror that lurks in the dark, murky waters of a lake that your…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 23, 2020

Link: Breathe Fresh Life Into Your Cities

Campaigns tend to spend a lot of time in the open road or wilderness, tacking down monsters and the like. But just as important are the cities of your RPG world. These are the places where people coalesce and come together, and making urban centers feel…

March 2020

May 2020

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