I've taken up painting my terrain, as well as using combat "Zones". I've posted many of my paint jobs on The Tabletop Cra...

 I'm going to explain my methodology for creating campaigns, and to do that, I'm going to start with Encounters. They are the basic ...

  Like Hollywood, many GMs are under the impression that the bigger the Threat to Existence, the more compelling the story will be. In my op...

  I'm tired of counting coins and cracking silvers into coppers and NONE OF IT IS FUN! It's an almost proven fact - As math increas...

 They announced a new edition of D&D, as well as the promise of a new setting. Here's my prediction: ...a 5E version of BECMI, with ...

 Today's post will talk about two different types of playstyles and analysis using my thoroughly uneducated pop psychology. These are pe...

 It's just an idea that popped into my head one cold and windy eve. The idea was "why not put a GMPC with the party?" WAIT! He...

I'm trying to break my habit of prep, prep, prep, and never play. I'm looking for a more holistic approach. Imagine having a game wo...

Why do we roll for initiative they way we do? It's needlessly slow and dull, even requiring table gimmicks to keep track. But here's...

I'm not saying it can't be done. The premise of Shadowrun is sound, the world embraced technology because magic didn't exist. Ma...

GMs spend a lot of time working with finicky Difficulty Target Numbers. Searching the desk is this difficult, hitting the goblin is this dif...

This particular post holds an idea that can be added to any RPG. Character Background, sometimes there's pages and pages of it, and othe...

This blog is in response to Zee Bashew and Matt Coleville's youtube channels, regarding running a heist.  You want to run a heist, or ...

So you feel ready to build your world but you don't know where to start. Suddenly the enormity of your task dawns on you and you panic! ...

I've played a variety of RPGs over my lifetime. Many of them have substituted Wound levels for Hit Points, such as Savage Worlds and WEG...

I have started a D&D 5E campaign with a new local group. Afterward I figured I can ease them in to other games like Savage Worlds. In...