Ever have one of those moments when everything is falling apart around you, when all your careful plans are out the window and there’s nothing left to do but break down and laugh hysterically? Okay, maybe that’s a little extreme, but I ran one...
Stranger Than Fantasy: Real Life Inspirations for Running RPGs
posted by Caitlin
“You walk into the Necromancer’s lair. The air is putrid and stale, and you can’t see more than a few inches in front of your face.” “Somebody got a torch?” “I have one. I’ll light it.” “The the torch illuminates the...
Motivation for the Easily Distra… SQUIRREL!
posted by Ang
During the interview for the job I currently have, I was asked what type of animal I would be if I happened to be an animal. It’s a silly question, but it’s a good way to gauge the candidate’s response to something out of left field, as well...
Homebases and you: A GM’s guide to creation and destruction
posted by Elle
I’m going to go visit my parents in a few weeks! They live in California, where I grew up. I haven’t seen them in a bit over a year, now – we’ve done holiday things well after the holidays as a family since my brother and...
Adventuring: Once Upon A Time
posted by Alana
I love Fairy Tales, from the ones truly watered down for the smallest child, like Disney’s Little Mermaid, to horror movies, like Black Swan. So when Once Upon A Time, OUAT, came out I was thrilled. I get to have a new Fairy Tale every week, yes...
Behind the Scenes Danger
posted by Ang
One of the common pieces of advice you’ll hear for running better low-preparation or improvised games is to have a solid understanding of what is happening in the world around your PCs. The concept is that if you know what the important NPCs,...
Goblins, Lizards, and Golems Oh My!
posted by Alana
During GenCon I was able to attend a panel about an upcoming dungeon crawl by Pathfinder. The scenario is called Emerald Spire and I have been waiting for it since I found out about it from the Pathfinder MMORPG Kickstarter. I’m really looking...
Playing Favorites
posted by Ang
If you’re a GM, you’ve done it. You may not have meant to and may not have even realized you were doing it. Or maybe you do realize you’re doing it and you don’t care how it affects your players. Either way, we GMs have all played...
Bringing Out the Good China
posted by Ang
The other day, I saw this show up in my Facebook feed: My first thought was, “Whoa. The proportions in that painting are all so whackass. Is that an Elmore? Elmore’s art is usually better than that.” Then what the meme was saying actually...
From Small Screen to Game Table
posted by Ang
I firmly believe we are in a golden age for television. With the rise of original television programming on cable, some of the best shows that have ever been produced are being made right now. In fact, you could argue that there is more innovation...
Adventurer Misadventures: The Doctor of the Opera
posted by Caitlin
*Originally this story appeared on my previous blog, Adventurer Misadventures. Because I am a strange creature of many odd whims, one day I decided “You know what would be hilarious? A mash-up of Doctor Who and The Phantom of the...
Let Bad Guys be Bad Guys!
posted by Caitlin
Recently I’ve been inundating myself with a lot of comic book heroics . . . sans the comic books. What that actually means is I’ve been watching old comic book based cartoons. Staples of my childhood—I am going to pretend my childhood is not...
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