This Valentine’s Day, if you want to add a little romance to your games, you should be armed with the knowledge of what goes into creating a satisfying romance arc. The ingredients and…techniques…required to bring two (or more) characters to their…narrative climax. So sit down. It’s time we have The Talk.
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In many TTRPGs, giants have become a simple, escalating challenge: bigger and bigger versions of essentially the same thing, to encounter in tactical fights as your characters progress. A scalable threat, with a side serving of elemental power.
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A few weeks ago, I was running my Blades in the...
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There’s an idea that adventures are like trains....
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It’s a new year! Time for resolutions (I...
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For the most part, I pick the games I am going...
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One of the things I love about Blades in the...
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The perfect game notebook doesn’t exist. That said, out of all of the notebooks I’ve tried—physical, digital, or otherwise—I’ve yet to find an option as close to perfect as Obsidian. I love it a lot, and what’s the point of writing for a TTRPG blog if you can’t share that nerdy love with others? So here’s a rundown of why I think you should try Obsidian with some tips for how you can use it to organize your campaigns, improve your prep, and evolve the way you run sessions.
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Session zero is packed. Like, really packed,...
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How large is your RPG group? Small? Large?...
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The problem isn’t the mechanic. It’s the framing. Rerolls are inherently dramatic — a refusal to accept failure, a desperate second chance — but most games treat them as paperwork.
The solution is simple: give rerolls a ritual.
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“Everything’s a reboot....
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Your weapons are more than just damage dice.
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NPCs in your RPGs come in all shapes, sizes,...
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