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How The Stars Could Inspire Your Games

A friend at work just got a deluxe telescope. Always interested in astronomy, he contacted a local club and a member approached him with a used one for sale.

1d12 Food Fights

So, what exotic diets might people eat in different lands?Dining on cats is normal for the half-orcs and goblins in the slums, but the royals worship a goddess with feline characteristics so they revere the animals.

Intriguing GMing Tips Gleaned From A Con, Part I

This past weekend I played about 14 hours of games at IntrigueCon here in Edmonton Alberta.

Add Worms To Your Next Sandbox

Stop what you’re doing and out giant worms on your wandering monster tables.

My Best Reads of 2018

I got to the last page of a few fine books last year that inspired my gaming.

Using Random Magic the Gathering Cards As A Quick Source Of Inspiration

The guys on Dungeon Master Block have done a few podcasts of inspiration from Magic the Gathering cards and mention this site as a place for random inspiration.

A Quick Improv Trick

RPT GM Haukur asked how to improv better.It’s said that up to 60% of our brain processes vision. I am definitely a visual person. I understand and remember better what I see and read.

5 Story Hooks From A Dead Monster

A bunch of hooks instantly sprung to mind as I pored over this….A cult wants the skeleton brought to their secret laboratory for revival. Of course, outsiders who learn the lab’s location must also be revived.

3 Line Culture: The Eglanzine

RPT GM Patrick Richert emailed me a 3 Line Culture he created, inspired by the recent sawfish Musing:

Explaining RPGs To A Non-Gamer

A co-worker asked me why I liked RPGs so much. They aren’t a gamer, so I had to think for a moment before translating.

Tap Into This For Deeper Gameplay

RPT GM Robert Creedon sent me an email in response to my Three Part Quest Template. In it he had a great tip that got my wheels turning.

Feed Off Your School of Magic

I did something weird a couple weekends ago.I relaxed.I normally get up early to write or work on something Roleplaying Tips related. Then I do the day job. Then I work on emails for a bit in the evening.

Noticed vs. Missed GMs

Seth Godin had a great post the other day. He asks whether you’ll be noticed versus missed when you’re gone.

10 Ways to Setback Your Group Without Railroading

Bradford Allen recently wrote a very popular article for RPT called How to Create Blockbuster Box Office Hits with Your Players – Every Adventure. He advised to present your group a serious setback at the 75% mark of an adventure. This provides perfect pacing to create maximum tension. Will this be the defeat of the […]

How to Create Blockbuster Box Office Hits with Your Players – Every Adventure — RPT#523

Applying the Hollywood Formula to RPG Storylines From: Brad Allen I’ve been GMing for many years but only recently tried to enhance my pacing and story-writing skills. For a long time my games suffered from frequent lulls and anti-climaxes, but no longer. A year or so ago, I did some research on plot structure and […]

Donkey Catapults and Leather Jackets

Hannah Lipsky from Chaotic Shiny Productions hosts the Brief Word for RPT#515. Tabletop with the LARPers I recently got shanghaied into an unusual Mage: the Ascension game with friends. The thing that makes this group different is that, unlike most gamers I know, everyone in this group got their start LARPing (Live Action Roleplaying) before […]

Character and NPC inspiration sources

By Adam, A fan of the blog and news letter, Adam writes in with a great source of inspiration for character and NPC backgrounds. I had a small thought, something I’d like to share. I was listening to a song (Pistolero – by Juno Reactor), it had this great sound bite: “I hate robbing banks”. […]

10 Ways to Train Your Brain for Inspiration — RPT#514

From: Andrew S Rodgers The Worldsmith RPG Ever been stuck for inspiration with the clock ticking down till that next session? Recent studies show we are able to gear our brain towards desired areas and influences. This means we GMs we can gear our brain towards role playing and the generation of ideas. The tips […]