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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...

So, You Want To Run A Charity Event Tales from the Tavern

Tales from the Tavern

So, You Want To Run A Charity Event

GamerMomLuna October 16, 2023

By GamerMomLuna Running a charity TTRPG event can be a really rewarding experience for...

Alignment – Good, Bad or Ugly? alignment-chart

alignment-chart

Alignment – Good, Bad or Ugly?

Jason Campbell October 9, 2023

By Jason Campbell When I first started playing AD&D in the 1980s alignment was...

Campaign Diaries – Maintaining Player Agency Player Agency?

Player Agency?

Campaign Diaries – Maintaining Player Agency

Jason Campbell October 2, 2023

By Jason Campbell As I’d mentioned in previous Campaign Diaries, I’ve been running a...

Writing a TTRPG Pitch Wtie a Pitch

Wtie a Pitch

Writing a TTRPG Pitch

Jason Campbell September 25, 2023

By Jason Campbell You’ve got a really cool idea for a TTRPG one-shot or...

How to Run a Horror Game from Seth

How to Run a Horror Game from Seth

Shadomain Staff April 11, 2023

Horro is one of the most popular genres fer TTRPGs, but running these games...

Create Wonder in Your Game

Create Wonder in Your Game

Shadomain Staff April 4, 2023

Today we highlight a video from Emergent GM discussing how to create a sense...

The Beauty of Baseball, RPGs and Creativity

The Beauty of Baseball, RPGs and Creativity

Jason Campbell March 30, 2023

By Jason Campbell “Put me in coach, I’m ready to play – today.” John...