Anthony Li has been pretending to be someone or something else for about as long as he can remember, which some people might consider a problem. He cut his teeth on 2nd Edition AD&D when he was 14 years old and his only regret is that he didn’t start rolling dice sooner. Due to an unhealthy addiction to Magic: the Gathering he missed the entire cultural phenomenon that was the 3.X era of D&D. After a brief stint with 4E, he was dragged kicking and screaming into the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game where he has since acclimated, adapted, and thrived. Most of his roleplaying experience has been behind in the GM screen where he has trained his dice to confirm crits on command. He always roots for the bad guys.
At the end of PS265, Alex and I had a bit of post-show dialogue about how much mystery a GM could and should inject into his game and whether the players ever getting a chance to find out was...
No no, I’m not going on hiatus. You’re still getting regular content and so forth. Nope, today I’m going to talk about what to do with your gaming group to make sure that you survive those long breaks between...
TPKs, the Total Party Kill. It goes by a number of other names, like total party wipe, total player kill, and so on. Its a topic that every RPG player is introduced to eventually. That dreaded situation when all...
About six months ago I was sitting at a table with some local Boston PFS players. The scenario was Eyes of the Ten Part 2 and we were about two hours in when I came to the sudden realization...
So you’ve got your hands on Pathfinder Unchained. You’ve read through it, or maybe heard us talk about some of the new systems on the show. You like the idea of potentially adding some of these rule sets to...
Villains are one of my favorite parts of Fantasy RPGs. From scheming wizards to ruthless warlords, a good villain can motivate players more than any other single story element you can throw at them. Big Bad Evil Guys (or...
Miniatures weren’t always as ubiquitous in fantasy RPGs as they are now. Time was that maps were just for reference and everything, from roleplaying to combat happened in your imagination. If you did want a miniature to represent your...
In real life, I would say that I identify as an “animal person”. In the sense that I am a pet-owner and appreciate the fellow creatures we have on our planet. I have two black cats, both rescues. One...
In today’s fast past age of light speed information transmission, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to adapt technology probably originally meant for something more serious and turn it into a gaming tool. I’m talking...
So last time, I talked about a few ways to start up a new group or campaign. Today I thought I might bring the topic full circle and discuss stopping points in a game. These could be as small...