Yes, I am enthralled by WandaVision, and that means I want to play it (in some form) as an RPG scenario. Can it work? I don’t know. Should we talk about it? Oh yes, yes we should. (I’m writing this after watching Ep 5 – so I don’t know how things turn out. But I […]
Let the Cat out of the Bag
I spent some time this afternoon working on a new campaign. It has a specific central premise, but the PCs wont know that until probably the end of the first session. The question is, do I tell the players? Metagaming players could definitely take advantage of the information and create characters that have advantages they […]
How’s Your Kickstarter Library?
I just downloaded the Monster Hunter’s Club SWADE Kickstarter. I’ve been waiting awhile, but I know it will be worth it (fabulous team took over after a few stumbles). But it started me thinking about how much I purchase vs how much I actually use RPG products from Kickstarter. Disclaimer. I have a ton of […]
Starting New Campaigns with Characters Above First Level
The default for most new campaigns is to start characters at first level (I’ll be using DnD as the default for this article, hopefully the concepts works across multiple systems). But there are a variety of reasons to start characters off at higher levels. In my next campaign I’m going to start the characters at […]
Starting a New Campaign
After completing Tyranny of Dragons, I’m starting now to prepare for a new campaign. I normally start with 2 pieces of information, genre and system. It has been a long time since I’ve run a Star Wars campaign, so genre is taken care of. (OK – there are a lot more decisions, but more on […]
Travelers, GMing a Modern Day Setting
See this post for sample Traveler PC write ups (Savage Worlds). After figuring out what you want for characters and enough of the setting to start letting players know what to expect, it’s time to start thinking about more specifics. In a modern day setting, it’s the differences that the players need to know. Depending […]
Big Boss Battles
A few weekends ago my friends held an all day game event. Two different games, Star Trek in Savage Worlds and DnD 5e (followed by some Rock Band). Both games were awesome, but the GMs both seemed to feel that the Boss Battles at the end didn’t have enough “punch” (again, totally disagree – they […]
Gaming Ideas at Parent Teacher Conferences
I just returned from Parent/Teacher Conferences. My sons are in 9th and 8th grade and here in Minnesota that means High School and Middle School. It was interesting to me how each conference was organized. The High School conferences were held in the teachers rooms, while the Middle School had everyone in a couple large […]
Gaming Ideas from Work
I work in a cube farm. It’s a small cube farm, with a small company, but a cube farm nonetheless. I work in tech support. Customers ask me questions about how software works, why it doesn’t work, and how do I fix errors. Surprisingly (or not – really), almost all the answers are either in […]
Using GM NPCs
I’ve started playing Tomb of Annihilation (ToA) with my kids. We’re just starting the adventure, but one thing I’ve noticed is it introduces GM NPCs as part of the group. Because it’s only my two sons playing (one is a rogue and the other is a monk), I often use NPCs to help the party. […]