The DM’s Role: Player vs. Performer
My good friend and fellow gamer David send me this link to a show called “How to be a Great…
Category: Role Playing
The Murky Mirror
In the comments of my last post Delta shared a link to the Angry GM’s blog where he describes a…
The Mercer Effect
In last week’s Wandering DMs I mentioned the Mercer Effect. I think one of the biggest problems with it is…
Running Social Encounters Without Railroading
Work travel may mean a chunk of time without blog posts but it doesn’t mean no gaming! I ended up…
XP in Dyson’s Delve Take 2
One year ago I posted some analysis on the XP progression of Dyson’s Delve. I had just run a group…
Birthday Live Play
I am alive, but barely. I am totally exhausted and I suspect I will fall asleep well before sundown tonight….
Birthday Business
I spent all day last Saturday cleaning, shopping, and generally getting ready for my upcoming birthday party. This one is…
West Marches Update
I am now 4 sessions in to my West Marches campaign. A couple of those games had rocky starts, with…
More on Social Skills
It seems I’m not the only one contemplating the mechanization of social skills these days. Reader BubbaDave pointed me at…
Insight Check
I’ve become fairly addicted to Critical Role. I think the key to getting into actual play recordings is simply giving…