Adventure Design: Clues, Rumors, and Connective Tissue
To get your PCs to move from one scene to the...
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Author: J.T. Evans
You’re Playing My Game Wrong
My FLGS (friendly local game store) has a...
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Adventure Design: Supporting and Opposing NPCs
In any adventure, the party of player characters...
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Review: Shadowcat Magazine
Full disclosure before I launch into my review...
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Adventure Design: Maps and PC Handouts
Players love getting handed real-life, physical...
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Adventure Design: Combo Encounters
“I stand there and swing my sword.”...
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Adventure Design: Thematic Mooks
Last month, I covered thematic bosses and how...
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Adventure Design: Thematic Bosses
While it’s sometimes fun to flip open a...
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Adventure Design: Thematic Environments
Way back in the first installment of this...
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Adventure Design: Story Hooks
After you have your story arc put together,...
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Adventure Design: Backgrounds and Factions
Since the opening days of my RPG life,...
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Adventure Design: Detailing Back to Front
This time around, I’m going to talk about...
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Adventure Design: Mood, Tone, and Theme
When starting to design an adventure for your...
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Adventure Design: Intro and Outline
Welcome to a series of adventure design articles...
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Antagonist Goals
Last month, I talked about giving your character...
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