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RPG Tips Articles

Discover the blog's posts tagged with RPG Tips. This collection covers topics in Comics and Tabletop & RPGs.

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The over-excited player

March 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Che Crawford, aka The Immortal Think Tank, is on the blog again. Why? Another comedy yet too true and sometimes annoying snippet of gamer life and quirks!

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: comedy, rpg tips, the immortal think tank

Genre Police: Role Assumptions

March 17, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

Lately I have been thinking about social interactions and personal relationships in roleplaying games, which lead to an interesting discussion with some of my players.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, parable games, rpg tips, shiver

Genre Police: Friendship Is M…echanical

March 12, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

When we look at D&D, often a narrative about a group is about found family or how outcasts come together to trust each other.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, daggerheart, Dungeons & Dragons, genre police, rpg tips, tales from the loop

Genre Police: High Esteem

February 18, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

So let’s take a look at how we can boost players’ love of your game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

When the GM needs to quickly correct a mistake

February 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We see how this GM effortlessly re-did history to return to the current scene as planned. Was this the right thing to do?

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: rpg tips, the immortal think tank

Stage actor offers tips on how to get better at non-combat roleplay

January 31, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TR8R also encouraged Mean-Tie6199 not to worry about being wrong or even bad. There’s no Oscar at risk

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reddit, rpg tips

Genre Police: I’m In Charge!

January 21, 2024 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I want to now look at a few other ways hierarchical structures in RPG groups can sometimes cause conflict at the table.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Genre Police: Who’s In Charge?

December 31, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

So often, a leadership position in an RPG can be a thankless task.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

Kobold Guides: Bundle deal your way to being a better GM and game designer

December 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kobold Guides bundle has more than 200 essays, although some appeared in previous Worldbuilder Toolkit offers. We’ve until January 2nd to take the discounts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, kobold press, rpg tips

Genre Police: Joining The Agency

December 17, 2023 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

One of the idioms about GMing games is about making sure your players have agency. And in basic principle this a very good idea. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: genre police, rpg tips

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