Some people I know are really good at handling massive player groups and making sure people have a great time.
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What is it like to DM? Lars van Breems tackles five common questions
Five questions an actual play D&D host has been asked about being a DM!
Inhospitable Settings: Restricting Magic in D&D 5e
Geek Native held a round table discussion on Inhospitable Settings in which several RPG designers talked about the attraction of settings that are a bit different, the importance of not straying too far from science and world-building techniques.
Inhospitable Settings: Darkness encounter table
Darkness can be hard to describe beyond telling the players to imagine their characters cannot see anything.
The walls are closing in! – or How to wrangle players and puzzles when the time is running out
Sometimes players are gonna overthink things for a multitude of reasons and get stumped by a puzzle in the heat of the moment.
Biohazard Games: Jeff Barber on using RPGs as a lens for modern concerns
Blue Planet was often criticized for having an environmental agenda, and though I always felt that was only one aspect of setting, we are certainly leaning into that intent now as the threats to the Earth’s ecology have become existential.
Genre Police: Storming The Dungeon
Ever notice that the dynamics of your campaign can change?
Genre Police: Player Roles
While it is useful to recognise those skillsets and use them to add extra elements to your game, it is easy to overlook the other skill set that people bring to your table: social roles.
Genre Police: The Resource That Talks
Players are maybe the best hidden resource the Role playing game format has.
Genre Police: Risk assessment
We’ve been discussing safety for a while now, and while it pains me to say it, it is likely that at some point, there will be a moment when a game goes somewhere you didn’t expect, or you make a mistake about safety.
