Stop calling it a library. Discover why using Old English words like BÅchord and Scop adds gritty historical depth to your fantasy roleplaying games.
Genre Police: Nega-Dungeon
Timekeep. A ruined city. Destroyed in the recent Perfection Wars, as it stands, it is a cracked fortress of once-great technological wonders.
Genre Police: Rule-ing Power
Most games have mechanisms of keeping the ‘balance’ between the players and the GM, with most systems being weighted in favour of the players.
D&D: Renaming dragons with more interesting themes
Sinew Dragon was such a good name and far more imaginative than D&D’s chromatic and metallic dragons that I was inspired to try to rename the TTRPG titular creatures with more interesting themes.
Whamageddon: The RPG
If you’re not familiar with this Christmas survival game, it’s played automatically, and you lose as soon as you release you’re hearing the original Last Christmas pop song.
World-building: Five idioms for the Forgotten Realms
A warning against seeking unjust vengeance or retribution. References the god of justice, Tyr, who is often depicted with a single eye.
RPG ideas: Sinister military ranks
I asked myself if I could come up with other sinister military ranks. Here’s what I managed.
DnDarwin: An incredible evolutionary tree of playable Dungeons & Dragons races
Redditor Aatriuz has shared an impressive and daunting project – an attempt to plot the evolutionary tree of all the playable D&D races.
Combat-hacking: How to Make Your 5th Edition Combat Iconic
Joshua Raynack is Lead Game Designer and co-founder of Alea Publishing Group.
Have you ever invented a drink for an RPG?
Here’s a quick fantasy drink table that’ll let your bartenders offer adventurous heroes strange and exotic (or perhaps mundane and everyday place to them!) drinks.
