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RPG Tips Reports

Continuing the archive of independent RPG Tips reporting (Archive Page 15).

Genre Police: Working From The Same Playbook

January 24, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

This time we’re going to look at a mechanic that changed the way I look at the process of character creation: the playbook.

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Genre Police: Creation Stories

January 17, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

The process of character creation is a framing device. It shows us as players what the game cares about, how we are supposed to navigate it and what is likely to be important going forward.

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Genre Police: Bring Me the Horizon

January 10, 2021 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

This article is about one of D&D three pillars. The previous articles, an introduction, combat and social pillars.

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Genre Police: The Social Dilemma

December 13, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I’d posit that while social interaction is often the most thrilling or engaging part most RPG games, it’s maybe a difficult master to serve.

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Learn D&D: A newbie’s guide to Dungeons & Dragon’s 5e character sheet

November 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover an interactive guide to learning D&D 5e’s character sheet complete with links to Critical Role’s Handbooker Helper series.

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Genre Police: Character Study

November 1, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

When you have a small number of players who want to tell a slightly bigger story or a small group but lots of ideas, you can create a situation where people play more than one character.

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Genre Police: Character Assassination

October 19, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

So why are we discussing a German Marxist playwright from the forties? Well, I think Brecht’s viewpoint is also relevant to RPG play.

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Genre Police: Take The Power Back

October 11, 2020 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about control for a minute. Any time one person has a kind of control over another, there’s a power imbalance. This is constantly true about RPGs.

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Advanced World Building: Tower-Faced Demon Castle Adventure

October 4, 2020 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Advanced 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. It is further enriched with the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy, Advanced Fantasy Monsters, and Advanced Fantasy Treasures. Even though it is based on Basic D&D, it could be used with other D&D rules or fantasy RPGs.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Character Creation in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

September 27, 2020 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

If you’re new to DnD 5e or playing with someone who is, making a character can seem overwhelming.

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