I’m not usually a sandbox-style DM, but darn it, I am now. I wouldn’t call what I do railroading, either, so much as tailored storytelling. Railroading implies that I have a story, it’s my story, you’re going to experience it, and then it will conclude with either your success or your failure. This […]
Make Like A Gaming Pirate Part 1: Introduction & The Legend of Zelda
Every day, we’re surrounded with a huge amount of media. TV, books, music, movies, comics, video games, and everything that the internet can throw at you in a barrage of stories, characters, plots, events, and situations. Subconsciously, I think many of us take these things that we encounter in our regular lives and incorporate them […]
Getting The Party Started
As a GM, there are few things I hate more upon starting a new game than the mess that inevitably arises from getting a load of PCs, who may not have anything at all to do with one another, into a vague semblance of a coherent group. Most of the time, it just feels like […]
Death Is Only The Beginning
Death is the threat that hangs over every character, PC and NPC alike, at the table. For the longest time, death was the ultimate punishment. The consequence that couldn’t be topped. The fate that every character faced and every player hoped to help them avoid. The fear of death is a natural one because in […]