Janusian Adventures
If you ask most people, they are glad to put 2016 in the rear-view mirror. People are looking to start fresh, kick old habits, and carve out a new story for themselves in the new year. However, the...
View ArticleThe Group that Stays Together, Slays Together
“Bar none, I am the most humble-est Number one at the top of the humble list My apple crumble is by far the most crumble-est But I act like it tastes bad outta humbleness” -excerpt from I’m So Humble,...
View ArticleRoll20 to offer the Official D&D 5e Monster Manual
I’ve gotten a little sneak peek at the upcoming Roll20 version of the D&D 5E Monster Manual, and it looks gorgeous! This is very exciting news for users of Roll20 that play D&D 5th edition. The...
View ArticleTabletop Action Scene Lessons from Professional Wrestling
Take lessons from professional wrestling to step up your tabletop action scenes.
View ArticleImprovisation and Rolling Fate Dice
Last week on the Campaign Trail I looked at improvisation and using story cubes for ideas. This week I wanted to look at using Fate (or Fudge) dice rolls to help you improvise during your game. Part 1...
View ArticleJohn Wick and Mythology
A look at the repurposing of myths in the world of John Wick, and how to leverage them for your own games.
View ArticleCrazyhead, Misfits, and Glorious Incompetence
Everyone wants to be awesome, but let’s consider - if even for just a moment - that being awesome at failing might be something to try out.
View ArticleAging Adventurers and Bubba Ho-Tep
A look at how the cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep can provide inspiration for running games with aging adventurers.
View ArticleFive Strange, but True Facts to Inspire Your Game
Every now and then, I run across something strange and think, “that can’t possibly be true.” I spend some time researching it, reading about it, and falling down a rabbit hole of various traditions to...
View ArticlePlanescape: Torment and Personal Stories in Tabletop
A look at how one of the best video games of all time used a cosmic setting to tell personal stories, and how to do that in your own games.
View ArticleD&D Adventurers League – Top 20 Adventures
This weekend I volunteered to run some games for a local charity gaming convention. The Save Vs. Hunger 2017 Convention was raising money for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Maryville, TN. They raised...
View ArticleRoman Reigns and the Perils of NPC Course Correction
A look at how the career trajectory of Roman Reigns parallels players rejecting NPCs in tabletop games.
View ArticleHot Fuzz and the Pursuit of Perfection
A look at the pursuit of tabletop character perfection through the lens of Hot Fuzz.
View ArticleHouse of Horrors and How Not to Tell Stories
A look at running stories for tabletop games through the lens of the WWE's House of Horrors match.
View ArticleThe Fifth Element and Homebrewed Campaign Worlds
A look at The Fifth Element, and how to create your own awesome world.
View ArticleBreezango and Playing Comic NPCs Correctly
A look at the WWE tag-team of Breezango, and how to leverage them in your table-top games.
View ArticleLevel-Banding in D&D 5e
A look at mixed-level parties and the importance of breakpoints in D&D 5e.
View ArticleMagic Item Special Features for Planescape Campaigns
Some of my favorite things in the 5e DMG are the Special Features charts for magic items. They are cool ways to bring some personality to a magic item that might otherwise be uninteresting, but...
View ArticlePlanescape Faction Backgrounds – Defiers and Godsmen
Player backgrounds for the Athar and Believers of the Source factions.
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