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How to Put a Time Limit on Your D&D Quests – and why you should

June 16, 2022 by Guest Writer 1 Comment

When we play a game like Dungeons & Dragons, the outcome of each session is, generally speaking, unknown to everyone involved.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, injuries & vile deeds, Lone Colossus Games, rpg tips

Genre Police: In Defence Of The Monster

June 12, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

I hope it helps keep you from falling into the traps that we’ve come to associate with the term DMPC

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

YZ Worldbuilding: Ruins of Symbaroum

June 5, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

Year Zero World Building creates campaign settings using Free League’s RPGs. This month is a trek into the vast Forest of Davokar for the Ruins of Symbaroum. How to kick off a campaign, and how to build your own version of this mythical setting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: basic world building, Free League Publishing, rpg tips, Ruins of Symbaroum, Symbaroum, world building, year zero world building

Genre Police: Unstoppable Evil

May 29, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

A few villains who might be a little more extreme in their relationships with the players.

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

Genre Police: The Many Faces Of Evil

May 8, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

I hope this gives you something to think about and use in your game. Try designing a villain that fits each of these archetypes for your game, and see what you come up with!

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

Genre Police: So Bad, It’s Good

April 16, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

Some villains are great because they are just out for one thing – but that thing doesn’t leave room for us to continue breathing.

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

YZW: The One Ring Landmarks and Werewolves

April 9, 2022 by Charles Dunwoody Leave a Comment

The One Ring has werewolf stats in it, but I wanted a more powerful version. So I created my own werewolf for my version of Middle-earth and placed him in the landscape called the Forgotten Hamlet.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, rpg tips, The One Ring, werewolves, world building, year zero engine, year zero world building

Balancing Science and Fiction in Sci-Fi RPG: Tips from Roll & Play Press

March 25, 2022 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Science and fiction. These two concepts might seem like opposites, and yet, when combined in science fiction, we get the best of both.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: roll & play press, rpg tips, sci-fi

Genre Police: That Difficult Second Album

March 13, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

You delivered a satisfying conclusion with a cathartic payoff. Now it’s all over. The game is done. And you already miss it.

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

50 tips and resources for making your own single-page RPG

March 13, 2022 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Create an entire tabletop roleplaying game that fits on a single A5 piece of paper.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Freddie Taylor-Bell, long tail games, rpg tips

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