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Category: Role Playing

April 14, 2018August 21, 2020 Paul

The Silk Guild

D&D, Role Playing
The Silk Guild

OK, as long as we’re talking about improv at the gaming table, let me tell you of the time the carousing table gave me D&D

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April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 Paul

Improv and RPGs

Role Playing
Improv and RPGs

I am certainly not the first person to mention how much roleplaying games benefit from the improv concept of “yes and.”  Here’s a good post

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April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 Paul

Dice

Role Playing
Dice

Like most gamers, I am a bit of a dice junky. The bizarre contradiction is that while I enjoy buying interesting dice, I rarely enjoy

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March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Paul

A Touch of Insanity

D&D, Role Playing
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 a story from Ryan, who

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March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Paul

Two DMs and a Convention Game

Conventions, Role Playing
Two DMs and a Convention Game

Yet another topic that has spun out of GaryCon for Dan and I is this – how would you run a convention game that utilizes

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March 23, 2018 Paul

Be the Referee

D&D, Horror RPGs, Role Playing
Be the Referee

Large player count D&D games and games focusing on investigation have a common problem, and I think, a common solution. Both types of games have

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March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Paul

Managing Downtime

Role Playing
Managing Downtime

Dan wrote a great post about natural healing through various editions of D&D, and as usual his research is thorough and accurate.  After reading it,

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March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Paul

Big Parties

Conventions, D&D, GaryCon, Role Playing
Big Parties

There were a lot of interesting things going on in the Bill Web game Dan and I played at GaryCon, but the most stand-out detail

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March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 Paul

Digital Battle Mat

House, Role Playing, Technology
Digital Battle Mat

I finally had the chance this weekend to attempt a little gaming project I’ve wanted to do forever – rigging a projector above my gaming

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March 16, 2018March 16, 2018 Paul

Great GMing

Role Playing
Great GMing

One of my favorite parts of GaryCon was simply getting to hang out with my good pal Dan and have a lot of interesting conversations.

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