Campaign Diaries

Campaign Diary: Each Scene has Two Points of View Human Cleric drawing by Tara Quinn https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/494686/science-fiction-stock-art-illustrations-by-tara-quinn

Human Cleric drawing by Tara Quinn https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/494686/science-fiction-stock-art-illustrations-by-tara-quinn

Campaign Diary: Each Scene has Two Points of View

Jason Campbell February 17, 2026

By Jason Campbell In the Numenera campaign I’m running we had an interesting encounter that underscores how...

Campaign Diaries: Are Plot Threads For the Characters or the Players? Human Cleric drawing by Tara Quinn https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/494686/science-fiction-stock-art-illustrations-by-tara-quinn

Campaign Diaries: Are Plot Threads For the Characters or the Players?

Jason Campbell November 25, 2025

By Jason Campbell When I run a TTRPG campaign we have a mostly emergent story. I don’t...

Campaign Diaries – When is a Trap Not a Trap? Girl detective with magnifying glass image

Campaign Diaries – When is a Trap Not a Trap?

Shadomain Staff August 19, 2025

By Jason Campbell We had an interesting scene in my weekly Numenera (TTRPG by Monte Cook Games)...

Running an Open-Ended Mystery with a Guest Player as the NPCs! Hint for Cypher System cover image

Running an Open-Ended Mystery with a Guest Player as the NPCs!

Jason Campbell June 24, 2025

By Jason Campbell At PAXeast 2025, I ran our recently released murder mystery TTRPG, Hint, in the...

Campaign Wrap-Up: 3+ Years of Ptolus Ptolus logo image

Campaign Wrap-Up: 3+ Years of Ptolus

Jason Campbell April 29, 2025

By Jason Campbell At the end of March my players and I finished a weekly 5e campaign...

Campaign Diary – My Favorite Puzzle Padlock image

Campaign Diary – My Favorite Puzzle

Jason Campbell April 22, 2025

By Jason Campbell In my most recent fantasy campaign I created a new puzzle for the characters...

High Level Campaign Diary: Scheduling Campaign Diaries with a notebook behind it.

High Level Campaign Diary: Scheduling

Jason Campbell April 8, 2025

By Jason Campbell I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since January...

High Level Campaign Diary – Jan. 1, 2025 Padlock image

High Level Campaign Diary – Jan. 1, 2025

Jason Campbell December 31, 2024

By Jason Campbell I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since January...

High Level Campaign Diary – Dec. 18, 2024 Human Cleric drawing by Tara Quinn https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/494686/science-fiction-stock-art-illustrations-by-tara-quinn