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By Jason Campbell
At PAXeast 2025, I ran our recently released murder mystery TTRPG, Hint, in the …In: Running an Open-Ended Mystery with a Guest Player as the NPCs!
10 hours ago
By Jason Campbell
Our TTRPG book case has five shelves, full of game books. There’s some dupl …In: How many TTRPG Books Have We Played?
2 weeks ago
By Jason Campbell
D&D players want more magic items, and then more magic items, and maybe a m …In: Dungeons & Dragons 5e and Magic Items
4 weeks ago
By Jason Campbell
NOTE: no books or monetary gifts were provided in exchange for this review.
…In: Review: High Noon at Midnight
2 months ago
By Jason Campbell
At the end of March my players and I finished a weekly 5e campaign that began i …In: Campaign Wrap-Up: 3+ Years of Ptolus
2 months ago
By Jason Campbell
At the end of March my players and I finished a weekly 5e campaign that began i …In: Campaign Wrap-Up: 3+ Years of Ptolus
2 months ago
By Jason Campbell
In my most recent fantasy campaign I created a new puzzle for the characters wh …In: Campaign Diary - My Favorite Puzzle
2 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Today we’re talking about designing books for RPG creators who self-publish. In …In: Self Publishing: Advice About Layout
2 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary: Scheduling
3 months ago
By Jason Campbell
“Put me in coach, I’m ready to play - today.”
John Fogerty
Today is openin …In: The Beauty of Baseball, RPGs and Creativity
3 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Blades in the Dark is a RPG created by Johnthan Harper and released by Evil Hat …In: Impressions: New books for Blades in the Dark
4 months ago
By Jason Campbell
The core of games like Dungeons & Dragons is conflict. Whether that is a sp …In: Designing for Character Success
4 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Recently I saw someone ask, “How can a GM make shopping scenes fun?” Of course …In: Using Narrative: Get to the Good Stuff
5 months ago
By Jason Campbell
One of the most common pieces of advice given to game masters is to prepare les …In: Minimal TTRPG Prep - An Agile Methodology?
6 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Jan. 1, 2025
6 months ago
By Jason Campbell
It’s been said before but as a GM for a ttrpg you don’t have to know all of the …In: Knowing the Rules - Is It Important?
6 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Dec. 18, 2024
6 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Dec. 11, 2024
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Dec. 4, 2024
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Nov. 27, 2024
7 months ago
by Jason Campbell
The unreliable narrator is a common trope in fiction, so can it be used well in …In: Using an Unreliable Narrator
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Nov. 20, 2024
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
OK, as a fan, there’s nothing wrong with Tolkien as far as novels and world bui …In: It Was the Best of Tolkien,It Was the Worst of Tolkien (for TTRPGs)
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Nov. 14, 2024
7 months ago
By Jason Campbell
It uses it’s own system with conversion rules. It uses the levels of each syste …In: The Darkest House - What it Tells Us About the Core of TTRPGs
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Oct. 30, 2024
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
In the Cypher System RPG from Monte Cook Games characters make an attack roll i …In: Cypher System RPG: Weapons and Damage
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Oct. 23, 2024
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
NOTE: no money or concessions were provided in exchange for this review.
…In: Review: Tales of the Valiant Game Master's Guide
8 months ago
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By Jason Campbell
I’ve b …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Oct. 16, 2024
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
This is the second of a two-part series of articles. The first focused on tone, …In: Theme Versus Tone - Part 2: Theme
8 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Oct. 9, 2024
9 months ago
By Jason Campbell
GMs creating RPG adventures and settings will spend time trying to create a cer …In: Theme Versus Tone - Part One: Tone
9 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary – Sept 18, 2024
9 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Dear Hasbro, Inc.;
Did Dungeons & Dragons 5.24 buff player character abi …In: Dear Hasbro
9 months ago
by Jason Campbell
I’ve been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook’s Ptolus setting since Jan …In: High Level Campaign Diary - Sept 11, 2024
10 months ago
By Jason Campbell
This past weekend there was a virtual online collection of TTRPGs run from Frid …In: Thoughts From Running Games at Cypher Con 2024
10 months ago
By Jason Campbell
I've been running a weekly 5e campaign in Monte Cook's Ptolus setting …In: High Level Campaign Diary
10 months ago
It's Wednesday so it's time for another interview with a member of the TTRPG community! To …In: Tales From the Tavern - Mike Shea of Slyflourish.com
11 months ago
By Jason Campbell
The past few years I hear more and more people who give TTRPG advice for GMs re …In: Why Five Room Dungeons?
11 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Caution: the following article suggests theories which are almost certain to be …In: A D&D Conspiracy Theory - Obelisks In Real Life
11 months ago
We're taking this week off to explore Thedas on our honeymoon.In: Shadomain's Jason C and GamerMomLuna Got Married!
12 months ago
By Jason Campbell
Monte Cook Games has released their latest modern fantasy genre book for the Cy …In: Review - It’s Only Magic
12 months ago
By Jason Campbell
For some TTRPG groups it’s a problem when a die roll yields an improbable resul …In: Dice as Storytellers
1 year ago
NOTE: the opinions expressed in interviews are those of the guests, not necessarily those of shadoma …In: Tales of the Tavern Interview With Dungeon Mister Ty
1 year ago
1 year ago
By Jason Campbell
We have a Kickstarter campaign (live until June 18, 2024) for a collection of c …In: FREE Downloads from Our Kickstarter - The Light Fantastic
1 year ago
By Jason Campbell
Creating an adventure based on another source - one in a different genre - shou …In: Unexpected Adventure Inspiration - Finding Nemo
1 year ago
