Are We There Yet: 3 Ways to Make Travel Exciting in Your D&D 5e Game
Today, I want to talk about a problem that I see arising in a lot of people’s games that never seemed give J.R.R. Tolkien trouble. The walk from the Shire to the Crack of...
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You Should Try “Dungeon World”: A Dungeon-Punk Fantasy RPG Powered by the Apocalypse
If you like Dungeons and Dragons, but find yourself in need of something new (like I did), the perfect next game on your road to tabletop nirvana is probably Dungeon World. I promised to...
Player Types: The 4 Love Languages of D&D 5e (and every other TRPG)
This is not an article about Player Romance, topics of sexuality or love at the table, or anything of that nature. This a DM tool for engaging Tabletop Roleplayers through cunning use of psychology...
5 D&D Campaign Ideas and Pitches for Your Classic 5e Campaign
Since we got so much great feedback on our last Campaign Pitch article, I figured we’d go ahead and spin off some more ideas, focusing this time on the classic D&D experience. By that,...
How to DM Like Matt Mercer
More and more, this question gets thrown out at every person who hands out advice on how to run 5e Dungeons and Dragons. With the rise in popularity of D&D 5e and tabletop games...
Making D&D 5e Combat Less Boring: Define the Stakes
Last week we talked about The DM Turn, an easy-to-implement way to ensure that your D&D Combat is more exciting than the out of the box shin-kicking contest that most games make it out...
D&D 5e Combat is Boring
Yeah, I said it. The world’s most popular role playing game is, throughout its prodigious page count, about 75% combat rules (citation needed). There are rules for swinging your sword, rules for firing a...
Gear Points: Your D&D 5e Characters Know What to Bring
The guttering torchlight throws strange shadows in the depths of the Shalebridge Mausoleum as our heroes enter the catacombs. Somewhere in the darkness the crackling sound of settling bones sets their teeth on edge....
8 D&D 5e Campaign Ideas and Pitches to Get You Started
I realized, after my first comment ever (yay!), that my last article could do with a little bit more concrete examples of how to pitch a campaign. Now, I could shoot you guys a...
Pitching Your New D&D 5e Game
So, here’s a dilemma that I think every Game Master will eventually run into. You’ve got too many ideas. Rolling around inside your head are the nuggets that, given enough time and attention, could...
