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Theme Versus Tone – Part 2: Theme Walter and Stan Zombies

Walter and Stan Zombies

Theme Versus Tone – Part 2: Theme

Jason Campbell October 14, 2024

By Jason Campbell This is the second of a two-part series of articles. The...

Theme Versus Tone – Part One: Tone minotaur skull drawing

minotaur skull drawing

Theme Versus Tone – Part One: Tone

Jason Campbell October 7, 2024

By Jason Campbell GMs creating RPG adventures and settings will spend time trying to...

High Level Campaign Diary – Sept 11, 2024 Campaign Diaries with a notebook behind it.

Campaign Diaries with a notebook behind it.

High Level Campaign Diary – Sept 11, 2024

Jason Campbell September 10, 2024

by Jason Campbell I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus...

Thoughts From Running Games at Cypher Con 2024 Cypher Unlimited logo

Thoughts From Running Games at Cypher Con 2024

Jason Campbell September 9, 2024

By Jason Campbell This past weekend there was a virtual online collection of TTRPGs...

Pitching TTRPG Games Sessions Baby Dragon

Baby Dragon

Pitching TTRPG Games Sessions

Shadomain Staff July 29, 2024

By Shadomain Staff Running games at conventions, online or at your friendly local game...

Why Five Room Dungeons? Drawing of a keep

Drawing of a keep

Why Five Room Dungeons?

Jason Campbell July 22, 2024

By Jason Campbell The past few years I hear more and more people who...

What the Heck is a “Shadomain”? – Creating an Old School Campaign Shadomain Map

Shadomain Map

What the Heck is a “Shadomain”? – Creating an Old School Campaign

Jason Campbell May 13, 2024

By Jason Campbell I discovered TTRPGs with the Moldvay Basic version of Dungeons &...

Campaign Diaries: Mass Combat in 5e

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Campaign Diaries: Mass Combat in 5e

Jason Campbell March 11, 2024

By Jason Campbell In the long term 5e campaign I’m GMing set in Monte...

How To Play the Cypher System: What the Heck is a Cypher? cypher systems

cypher systems

How To Play the Cypher System: What the Heck is a Cypher?

Jason Campbell February 19, 2024

By Jason Campbell Cyphers are the core of the Cypher System, hence the name....

Building the Three Pillars Using the “Five W” Questions Five W questions

Five W questions

Building the Three Pillars Using the “Five W” Questions

Jason Campbell November 20, 2023

By Jason Campbell The Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook describes three core pillars of...