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Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Oct 20, 2021

“What would you like to do?”

The crumbling passages of an ancient temple split right and left. What do you do? The journey across the ocean takes days of sailing. What do you do? A kobold lunges at you with a rusty knife. What do you do?

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Aug 4, 2021

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Collaboration

I am truly lucky to be married to my best friend, Erica. She’s also been my co-author on a number of books, as well as my…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

Jun 30, 2021

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In-world rules before game mechanics

There are as many different ways to run a role-playing game as there are games themselves. For…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jun 16, 2021

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Pacing dramatic arcs

Players are wonderful creatures: imaginative, creative, ingenious, and frustrating. When you’re slowly building a plot…

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Aron Christensen in RPGuide

May 19, 2021

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Short session pacing

I remember a time when my gaming group got together on the weekends, hunkered down in someone’s room, basement, shed —…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Feb 17, 2021

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How it all comes together

Erica and I have been writing this blog for a while now, and I’ve been role-playing for something like 35 years…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jan 20, 2021

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Cabbage heads

You can fix most things with duct tape, but a good toolbox contains more than one tool. And a cabbage head is a pretty specific…

Aron Christensen in RPGuide

Jul 27, 2020

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Following your own advice

We’ve been writing up thoughts on role-playing games on this blog for two years now. We have a few books on the…

Erica Lindquist in RPGuide

May 28, 2020

Link: Introducing Large NPC Casts

I’ve never been very good at Storytelling a whole bunch of NPCs, but Aron is a master of it. Still, even he has to jump through some hoops to not only play such a range of non-player characters, but to make sure that his players can remember who the heck they all are…

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: