Side conversations and goofing off are as much a part of the game as pencils and dice, but how does a GM keep the session on track without coming off as a d20 dictator?
How much should you allow your players to change their characters after creation? In this, we explore how and when to handle respecs.
Our tabletop games have been around for over 30 years, and in all that time they really haven’t changed much. Today we talk about some ways to make our games feel new and exciting again.
In this lightning round, we explore three questions involving life, death, and love at the game table.
Players come to the table with a lot of different desired levels of roleplay for outside of sword and board combat. Today, we try to help a character keep their individuality without becoming a liability to the rest of...
Everyone who comes to the game table does so to have fun, but it’s not always easy for some players to participate as much as others. Today, we answer a question about how to help a shy player speak...
A lot of veteran game masters have experienced being the only member of their gaming group willing to GM. Today we answer a question about how to help get someone else to step up to the plate so a...
We all have had that player get a little “too” into their character. Today we discuss how to keep the game from being derailed without telling your players to sit down and shut up.
Sometimes, GMs needs their players to have at least a basic understanding of the setting that they’ll be operating in. Today, we look at ways to bring our players up to speed beforehand without making it an arduous ordeal.
Coming up with an entire world can be an amazingly daunting task. Today, we breakdown one method for tackling it in smaller, more managable, bites.