Variety is the spice of life and this idea is no less relevant when it comes to monsters. There are a number of creature types in Pathfinder, but there are some that have yet to see some love in...
Role playing can help us leave our mundane lives behind, but then there was that one time, at the Royal Bardic Band Camp… How do we incorporate our worldly experiences into our gaming experience? Should we incorporate our worldly...
Swashbuckling, parries, fencing, back flips, and feints. The power fantasy of being the nimble swordsman on the battlefield has long been a classic. We channel our inner Errol Flynn this week as special guest Jefferson Jay Thacker joins Alexander Augunas...
Character development begins with an effective background and progresses through the entire life of a campaign. About a month ago I talked about character backgrounds and offered suggestions for GMs and players to effectively integrate those backgrounds into the...
I’m 100% stealing this line from my friend N. Jolly, but there are literally two types of Tabletop RPGs—Marks and Smarks. I don’t care who you are or what you say you believe in, you’re either a Mark or...
It’s a new year and a new year brings new opportunities. For me, that means a new blog! Fridays are now entirely my domain and I’m choosing to make them Fightin’ Fridays. Every Friday I will provide GMs something...
For the first Behind the Screens article of 2017, I thought I might start us off with a closer look at that rarest of game-type, the multi-table event. If you’ve had the opportunity to go to GenCon and secured...
There’s a lot we can learn as tabletop RPG gamers from video games. Ryan and Perram and special guest Ariadne MacGillivray talk about the video games that have inspire how they play characters, create worlds, and run games.
There’s a lot we can learn as tabletop RPG gamers from video games. Ryan and Perram and special guest Ariadne MacGillivray talk about the video games that have inspire how they play characters, create worlds, and run games.