Advice for a New DM
I recently had the pleasure of playing in a D&D game that was a friend’s first attempt at DMing. He…
Checkpoint Zulu: Drugs
More Checkpoint Zulu spoilers inbound! I actually have two more instances where I know I’ll be running this game. The…
Checkpoint Zulu: More on the Phone
Oh, I totally forgot one important detail about the phone prop. You may remember that each player is given a…
Checkpoint Zulu: Props
As before, please be aware that this post contains many, many SPOILERS on my Checkpoint Zulu horror game. If there’s…
Checkpoint Zulu: The Characters
OK, I’ve put off blogging about Checkpoint Zulu for about as long as I could. I know there are still…
The Silk Guild
OK, as long as we’re talking about improv at the gaming table, let me tell you of the time the…
Improv and RPGs
I am certainly not the first person to mention how much roleplaying games benefit from the improv concept of “yes…
HelgaCon XI
HelgaCon has come and gone — it seems to go by quicker every year. This year we had a nearly…
Dice
Like most gamers, I am a bit of a dice junky. The bizarre contradiction is that while I enjoy buying…
A Touch of Insanity
I’m starting to hear some feedback from GMs using insanity cards in their games, and one of my favorites was…