Opportunity Actions: National Geographic Is Your Friend!

Given the hubbub lately over the impending end of Dungeon and Dragon magazines as compiled issues, there’s a void being left behind. Where can we truly go for great content, all in one place, that isn’t just a series of web articles that now have the luxury of being able to change the amount and […]

Opportunity Actions: Dwarves of Shallowgorge – Campaign Builder

Deciding that it’s never too soon to turn a compelling story into a game, I’m moving forward with a campaign model involving miners trapped in a collapse. I’m going to walk through my process, detailing elements that inspire me. My next post about this will be an actual campaign outline going from start to finish.

Infernal Save Points

In Alio’s rant yesterday about Dante’s Inferno, he brought up the ever-interesting computer RPG topic of save points. If you’re as old as me, you may have computer game memories where the party gets slaughtered, having to restart at the last save point, and then slogging through the same four hours of dungeon to get […]

Go Ahead and Talk About Your Character

Let’s say that you, as your average tabletop RPG player, go somewhere online. Let’s further suppose that this place you go to is for fans of RPGs, a place they can hang out and chat. Let’s go one step further and suggest that while at this place, you start talking about the character or characters […]