Genre Police: The Long Game
In this RPG tips article, we look at the role of longevity in campaigns; its merits, flaws and what to do about them.
Basic World Building: Design a Dungeon
Basic World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic Dungeons & Dragons and Expert D&D and re-imagined in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting.
Genre Police: Serial Killer
We look at continuity in this series of practical take-home tips to write and run better roleplaying campaigns.
RPG Tips from the Genre Police
A handy archive of RPG tips with links to DM and GM help articles, how-to advice for world-building, running campaigns, Dungeons & Dragons and tabletop games.
Genre Police: Please, Continue
If the players really remember something and react to it, use that, because then they will do the work for you.
Genre Police: A Structured Argument
If you are a GM, you probably think about structure a lot without even trying – balancing combat, intelligence challenging & social encounters, making sure you check the clock to deliver a good cliffhanger, that sort of thing.
Basic World Building: Design a Base Town
Basic World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic Dungeons & Dragons and Expert D&D and reimagined in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs.
Basic World Building: Choose the Setting
Basic World Building uses the tools from 1981’s Basic and Expert D&D and reimaged in Old School Essentials to build a starting campaign setting. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs.
While world design starts with the dungeon in Basic D&D, I’m going to skip ahead to the wilderness and circle back.…
Genre Police: Filling in your blank canvas
Tips from GM Ben and the genre police on how to best use and get inspiration from art in your tabletop RPGs.
Single-Player RPGs: What there is to know about solitary gaming
Many RPGs can be adjusted to fit a single player, and as a result, there are no limits to the stories that can be played alone.
