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D&D: Renaming dragons with more interesting themes

December 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, rpg ideas

Whamageddon: The RPG

December 2, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: christmas, rpg ideas

World-building: Five idioms for the Forgotten Realms

February 25, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A warning against seeking unjust vengeance or retribution. References the god of justice, Tyr, who is often depicted with a single eye.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas, worldbuilding

RPG ideas: Sinister military ranks

January 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I asked myself if I could come up with other sinister military ranks. Here’s what I managed.

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DnDarwin: An incredible evolutionary tree of playable Dungeons & Dragons races

December 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Redditor Aatriuz has shared an impressive and daunting project – an attempt to plot the evolutionary tree of all the playable D&D races.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, rpg ideas

Combat-hacking: How to Make Your 5th Edition Combat Iconic

May 14, 2022 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Joshua Raynack is Lead Game Designer and co-founder of Alea Publishing Group.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Have you ever invented a drink for an RPG?

May 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas, stats

Unofficial D&D: The Comprehensive Guide to Collecting & Crafting

October 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While it’s an unofficial guide and a homebrew offering, I think The Comprehensive Guide to Collecting & Crafting is a convenient resource for any DM who finds themselves dealing with a player character all about crafting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, rpg ideas

29 inspiration Game Hook posters

June 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

GM ideas are written on top of a matching quality illustration in a similar way to a motivational poster.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg ideas

Hot: LoreSmyth launches Heroic Challenges for players and GMs

April 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The cards are system-agnostic, and the starter set provides 200 combinations.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cards, kickstarters, loresmyth, rpg ideas

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