Tagged in

Improv

RPGuide

Table-top gaming advice, how-to, and more from the RPGuides, Aron Christensen & Erica Lindquist. Updates when we have something to talk about.

More information

Followers

183

Elsewhere

More, on Medium

Improv

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Feb 24, 2021

Image: Two children on top of a spire of stones, reaching for a star in the sky above.

Player-initiated scenes

My gaming group just had a great session. For me, though, it was a little extra special because every single scene…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Feb 3, 2021

Image: A mage with a scythe and fireballs circling them standing at the top of a rock stairscase with magma pouring down it.

When players play to lose

In the latest session of the game that I’m currently running, I threw some light intrigue at my players. A…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jan 27, 2021

Image: Illustration of a figure holding a map on top of a hill… Except there’s an eye in the hillside, looking up at them!

Exposition cuts both ways

Exposition is the sharing of information with an audience, and it’s a huge part of a Storyteller’s job when…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Sep 3, 2020

Image: Illustration of a child in goggles flying through an orange sky alongside several airplanes.

Creating a crisis on the spot

After letting myself get bogged down by way too many back-to-back combats a few weeks ago, this last game…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Aug 30, 2020

Image: A photo of bright blue ocean wave.

Emergency exposition

The player characters in my current campaign are hunting some poachers that have been killing endangered tigers. To find…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Feb 20, 2020

Link: DMing by the seat of your pants

Aron and I are generally advocates of planning TTRPG campaigns out ahead of time, but it’s only one school of thought. A lot of Storytellers do amazing work in the moment, creating by the seat of their pants. But since it’s not something either us really do, we…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Apr 26, 2019

Image: A glowing stream running through dark stones.

Yes And

Sunday was Easter, so no Wraith until next week. But luckily, we still got to game! Jim ran his newest Star Wars session, and I had the chance…