Planning the Start of a New Campaign – My Process

I was having a conversation about campaign planning with a friend the other day. Soon afterward the GM Question of the Day on RPGGeek addressed the topic of adventure planning. While I was reading some old notes I came across some adventure planning tidbits. I took this all as a sign that I need to discuss […]

Welcome Me to the Sandbox

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 […]

Opportunity Actions: Take Your Ball. Go Home.

*WARNING! This post is at a high risk of becoming a rant. Hide the children.* I have been looking for a game lately. With a lack of good local games that I can readily jump into, I have turned to the internet. I have recently experienced a very disturbing thing that I would like to […]

The Recycle Bin: Aberrant Nature and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Warning: This post will have spoilers about the larger My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic canon. Part 2 of My Little Pony Week here at RPGMusings is about horror. Well, maybe not specific instances of horror, like the film Event Horizon or Thief’s Return to the Cathedral level, or specific fears of PCs to let […]