Downtime is sweet, it breaks the campaign into chunks, making time pass and allowing players to pursue personal goals that might not be interesting to the rest of the players to play out for an entire session but lead to interesting developments and more hooks into the world. Time becomes a resource as torches burn …
Using 2d6 Downtime Activities In My Worlds Without Number Game Read More »
If your players can’t touch, smell, be murdered by, manipulate, blow up, discover, or loot your history it doesn’t matter.. Since it’s my blog I can have opinions and I think that if setting history isn’t designed or revisited with the background thought, “How can this maybe lead to interesting gameplay for my players?” it’s …
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A hundred spells Phandaal personally had formulated — though rumor said that demons whispered at his ear when he wrought magic. Pontecilla the Pious, then ruler of Grand Motholam, put Phandaal to torment, and after a terrible night, he killed Phandaal and outlawed sorcery throughout the land. The wizards of Grand Motholam fled like beetles …
Glory of the Elder Days: Magic Items and Sandbox Histories Read More »
Lethal Company seems to be blowing up on Steam currently and it’s the most dungeoneering fun I’ve ever had and I think it’s very accessible to get into. It’s also the best digital approximation of a session of Mothership RPG I’ve found I really, really, like it and think a lot of my enjoyment comes …
Lethal Company: My Favorite Dungeoneering Video Game Read More »
So I’ve been doing a lot of work on RPG projects lately. This is a good thing and beats every other job I’ve had. But I’ve been coming to that classic obvious revelation that when something becomes your work it can change to where it’s not always as fun as the purely hobby game stuff …
This is going to be one of those posts where someone says how Game Mastering in RPG’s is basically a lot like part of their work experience in another field. I’ll also get into the dangerous arena of providing GM advice. I’d like to tell you I’ll avoid cheesy reaches to fit the framework but …
So back last fall I ran a Karth Jam where folks created cool gamable content that could be useful for use with my Mothership module Desert Moon Karth. And there was a lot of great ideas! As long as people are asking first, giving me credit and aren’t doing anything nefarious (I.E Sandsquid NFT’s, Digital …
If you haven’t heard, a lot of folks in the RPG space are taking part in the #Dungeon23 challenge. Recently started by Sean Mccoy on Twitter the idea is that if you key a single room a day starting on January 1st in a dungeon complex you’ll have a detailed 365 room dungeon at the …
Dungeon 23: My Procedure for Making A Megadungeon Sandbox Read More »
Creators often live in the shadow of their own previous work, the big thing they’re known for. Danial Radcliffe isn’t called the guy from Guns Akimbo or Swiss Army Man– he’s Harry Potter to the average person on the street. Steamtunnel at the Hydra’s Grotto can be counted among these shaded creators by their well …
The dungeon is the primordial ooze that tabletop RPG’s wriggled out of. There is something elemental and powerful about a mysteriously connected location to explore with treasures and dangers hidden within. It’s just plain fun game design. Many of the layout and design elements that make a dungeon great can also be applied to the …
The Wilderness is a Dungeon: Jaquaysing Your RPG Sandbox Read More »
