So this has gone up quite a bit later than I had planned. Between the run-up to Christmas going on at the day job and the recent Thanksgiving holiday, I quite literally forgot today was my Tuesday. Shame on...
A lot of weight is put on the GM to run a great game but that’s not entirely fair to the GM. Sure, the GM is a huge part of why a campaign rocks or fizzles but they are...
Today is Halloween and that usually means horror, but today is also about dressing up in costume and ringing doorbells for treats, which if you ask me is a decent analogy for Pathfinder. We dress up in the personas...
Two weeks ago, we began a round-table interview with several celebrity GMs, Savannah Broadway (freelance editor and designer), Troy Lavalee (GM and producer of the Glass Cannon Podcast), Nicolas Logue (freelance designer) and Alan Venable (2016 Iron GM). We...
We often talk about game rules, modules, campaign setting guides, other books that directly impact your game table. What we don’t talk about so much is fiction and other non-game reading, and how what you read can make your...
Welcome to the latest installment of Burst of Insight. When I started this blog I had planned to alternate between talking about designing content for your table and interviewing industry experts on game topics. Over the course of this...
Beyond the Heist The narrative structure of RPGs is pretty universal. Everything that happens is from the PCs point of view and everything happens pretty much in chronological order, but as Ryan and Perram discussed on the last Know...
Right now, I’m playing Pathfinder but not running a regular campaign. I am however, planning a new campaign and as a result house rules have been on my mind again but specifically, house rules involving hit points. In many...
You might not know what it would be like to live in Absalom, Cheliax, or Tian Xia but you can imagine it. Most of what you can imagine is colored by your experiences both good and bad. You can...
Gen Con 50 is just around the corner so I thought we would talk game prep. Whether you are running at the convention or not these simple tips can help you get your game ready. Obviously, you’ll want to...