Contents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Long Story Arcs – 3 Tips On How To Finish Getting Your Family to RPG Game Master Tips & Tricks New GM Advice @ CampaignMastery.com This Week’s Tips Summarized Long Story Arcs – 3 Tips On How To Finish Long Story Arcs – 3 Tips […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Hannah The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist For Your Game: 10 Aristocrats Open Design Interview – From the Shore to the Sea This Week’s Tips Summarized The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist The Pirate Queen’s Adventure Checklist For Your Game: 10 Aristocrats Open Design Interview – From […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Jail Break – Part IV: Plotting and Encounter Tips Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Jail Break – Part IV: Plotting and Encounter Tips Escape Or Quest – What Kind Of Plot Are You Running? How Many Encounters Needed? Linear Or Sandbox […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Jail Break – Part III: It’s All About The NPCs Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Jail Break – Part III: It’s All About The NPCs The Warden The Governor The Guards Gangs Fellow Prisoners Readers’ Tips Summarized Why Does The Town […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Part II: Theme and Atmosphere Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Part II: Theme and Atmosphere Create GM Reference Tools – Environment And Atmosphere Cell Furnishings Convert Existing Maps To Prisons Craft A Theme Readers’ Tips Summarized Cavern Settings Classic Tip: XP […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Part I: Jail Design Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Part I: Jail Design Craft A Prison Purpose Prison Design Ideas 39 Prison Concepts Readers’ Tips Summarized More PC Death Alternatives There Are Answers To Death Character Death: Don’t Penalize Harshly Wagering […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn 7 Ways To Be A More Entertaining GM Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized 7 Ways To Be A More Entertaining GM Be Enthusiastic Use Props Interesting NPCs Vivid Description Interesting Environments Reveal A Compelling Secret Or Twist Each Session Change Patterns, […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Sneaky Tactics For Weak Monsters Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Sneaky Tactics For Weak Monsters Pin Down The PCs From Behind The Door Interrupt Spell Recovery Outwait Spells Gain Movement Advantage Craft Ambushes Fight, Flee, Victory Learn About PC Abilities Monsters […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 2 Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 2 Build The Skirmish Unit Craft An Identity Craft A Tactics Sheet Prepare For The Encounter GM It And Tweak Readers’ […]
Continue readingContents: This Week’s Tips Summarized A Brief Word From Johnn Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 1 Readers’ Tips Of The Week This Week’s Tips Summarized Interesting Combats With Themed Skirmish Groups, Part 1 Craft Unique, Distinct, And Interactive Themes Choose An Interesting Game Mechanic For A Skirmish Theme What Is Your Goal? Determine […]
Continue readingYou can find all the entries posted to date at the 5 Room Dungeons web page. RPG Downloads File downloads related to various links frompast Roleplaying Tips issues. Supplemental Issues Supplemental Issue #22 – Making Magic Items Interesting Supplemental Issue #21 – RPG Advocacy Supplemental Issue #20 – Over-Resting PCs Supplemental Issue #19 – Not […]
Continue readingBy: Ross Winn As an early user of the notebook computer, in particular a Powerbook, and as an avid gamer I was immediately interested in the possibilities for Game Mastering opened by the notebook. The notebook allowed me to carry all of my notes all the time. It allowed me to roll dice infinitely. Most […]
Continue readingYou can find all the entries posted to date at the 5 Room Dungeons web page. RPG Downloads File downloads related to various links frompast Roleplaying Tips issues. Supplemental Issues Supplemental Issue #22 – Making Magic Items Interesting Supplemental Issue #21 – RPG Advocacy Supplemental Issue #20 – Over-Resting PCs Supplemental Issue #19 – Not […]
Continue readingSimon Woodside Introduction In the medieval world, it was taken for granted that traveling was a dangerous and chancy endeavour. Even in the twelfth century, the Europeans lacked basic navigational tools like the compass (to find north) and the clock (to measure longitude). Maps were often guesswork and many of the landforms they depicted are […]
Continue readingThe Redblade Crier #1 Campaign Journal This is an example of a campaign newsletter based on tips from RPT #159. Highlights of Session #1 – 08NOV99 Bill: Coldour Bob: Jacopo Barney: Skurt Biff: Butch Full attendance! Thank you. Only 1 character “death”. Jacopo’s heroism will not be forgotten..by two people, at the very least! The […]
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Role-playing games and kids: How do you convince parents RPGs are fun and engaging? And, how can you run age-appropriate games? Read on for my tips…
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Your players might want to have their characters or NPCs craft customized weapons in your campaign. Here are a few ideas and sample rules you might consider….
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Dozens of questions to build your own deep character questionnaire. All in handy list format covering many genres and life details. View the questions….
Continue readingA bit of inspiration for you. RPT GM Richard Grilley created some cool player card props to reward his players with. Here’s how he did it.
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We just posted a couple of updates to the Campaign Logger Web App. Images in Log Entries You can now embed external images into Log Entries.This is a huge feature you’ve been asking for.Host your images on a cloud drive, or reference any image on the internet. The notation to add an image into a […]
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Thanks to of Dice & Dragons for hosting last month’s carnival on Celebrations. This month the theme is Adventure Favourites. I don’t know about you, but some adventures stick clearly in my mind years after GMing or playing them. Crazy moments, crushing defeats, and epic finales. I’ve even got a bucket list going of adventures […]
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To keep your adventures wondrous have players encounter strange communities who think completely different. This makes roleplay novel and interesting. It also creates a cool puzzle. As characters parley, your players will try to understand the behaviours of the NPCs, what they want, and why. That’s the key to the puzzle. GM the NPC behaviours […]
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