Today's question is a really good one. What makes a successful campaign? A number of things need to fall in place for a campaign to be considered a success. All of these involve a good bit of planning no matter if you are running a module or creating your own campaign. One of the reasons why we seek… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 13: What makes a Successful Campaign?
My group is ramping up to put the finishing touches on our 5E Out of the Abyss game in the next few months. After that game comes to a close it is looking solidly like we will be heading right back into another 5E D&D game set in my personal Homebrew world. The story that… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 12: What Game is your group most likely to play next? Why?
This question was a stumper for me, I thought on this one for more than a few days trying to think of who over the years would have affected the way I play the most at the table. Yet it is difficult to name one gamer that affected the way I play that rises to… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 11 Which Gamer most affected the way you play?
This one happened in the last few years. We were playing in my friend's homebrew world. He had a Pathfinder society style group if I recall called the "Adventure league or Guild". Groups would seek opportunity's or even be hired to search out or clues in dangerous locations. Well, our merry group sought job after job and… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 10 Largest In-Game surprise you have experienced ?
Okay, this one I will say stumps me a bit so I will be short sweet and move on to ones that inspire me a bit more. My ideal session involves a few factors. A nice full table of players interested and excited for the upcoming game session. For me, a nice full table is more than 5-7 players.… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 9 Beyond the game, what’s involved in an ideal session?
The Passage of time is of huge importance in your RPG games. It's also often overlooked or relegated to a footnote in my RPG games. Yet unless you are running a one-off game it is of vital importance in an RPG. If there is no passage of time in your games then there can never… Continue reading Late Night Monday Musing: The Importance of Time in your games…
Likely much like many that will read this my opinion has changed a great deal in the last few years. When the PDF first arrived on the gaming scene I hated it. It was slow to load cumbersome and just plain annoying to have a big ass laptop taking up a huge chunk of space on the… Continue reading #RPGaDay2016 Day 8 Hardcover, Softcover,Digital? What is your preference?
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