A little background: I used to write funny RPG stories on a blog called Adventurer Misadventures. I have decided that, as a semi-regular feature of mine, I will keep up the Adventurer Misadventures tradition here on RPS, starting with a D&D...

I love me some good cheat sheets. They can be a quick and dirty way to compile the information you need in any given game without having to waste valuable game time flipping through rule books. It’s one reason why GM screens still show up so...

Hey all, Margaret here with a quickie post. I have a couple good posts undergoing some serious writing right now, and then it’s off to our Editor Sue for some proofreading. In the meantime, I wish to bring up Equinox Inc. and their Youth...

This is an ode. An ode to my FLGS (Friendly Local Game Store), Ravenblood Games. When I left college, I left behind most of my gaming folks. I was RPGless—a tragic state, to be sure. After a while, I got antsy. I needed my gaming fix. I decided to...

  As GMs, we plan and plot, putting together adventures we hope will entertain and challenge our players. Occasionally we carefully measure the stats of an encounter, working to create an epic fight that should challenge and reward everyone...

Have you heard the story about the suicide bomber? They found Angry Birds on his phone—he obviously got the idea from the game. You know, hours and hours of murdering pigs with birds, all that violence really got to him, screwed with his brain,...

A review of the House of Cards and how I’m using it in my LARP.

Yeah, you guys know what I’m talking about, and I’m sure it’s annoying to you too. “What do you mean, you’ve never played (title)?” “You haven’t seen (TV show/movie/play)? You’re not a true...