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“How do I get these 13 things I dropped into the game because I thought they’d be fun to now integrate and make sense?” That question came up in July’s GM Q&A call. Gameplay ta...
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“How do I get these 13 things I dropped into the game because I thought they’d be fun to now integrate and make sense?” That question came up in July’s GM Q&A call. Gameplay ta...
Game Master Arvindh asked today in the Roleplaying Tips Community: Yesterday, I ran my first ever Shadowdark game… and MAN! WHAT A RIDE! So simple, so beautiful, so fast and so dea...
I’m prepping for a Dragonbane game, using the campaign from the great boxed set. I love the campaign seed, which involves the game’s iconic powers, dragons and demons. The goal is...
Hi JoyFreak, I'm Yusuf from the development team behind NexusRPG. We have completed the full web release of our persistent text-based MMORPG, and I would like feedback on two syst...
I got a chance to play Mythic Bastionland on Sunday. Thanks to Mike for GMing. The game is quite different, especially from D&D-esque systems, and for that reason I recommend t...
Most Dungeons & Dragons games over the years have put you in the shoes of an adventurer who sets out to explore a fantasy world, defeat dangerous monsters, and bask in the rich...
Big Bang Events: How to Create Player-Proof Plots I’m very excited to announce GM’s Log #12 is now available. The topic is a core method I developed in the early 2000s that’s saved...
Plus traps, geared grimoire, and a cult of automatons making an artificial god
A CampaignCraft member recently asked me how to master the lexicon when running a new genre for the first time. The game mechanics and general narrative were no problem, but techni...
Hi everyone! I’m looking to connect with other gamers and discover some new games to play together. I enjoy story-driven and multiplayer games and would be interested in joining a...
Have you ever wanted to start a TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game) program at your library? Perhaps you’ve never played a game yourself before, but you know that youth at your libr...
Craps table etiquette guides bettors on how to place their bets, roll the dice, interact with the croupier, and interact with each other during every phase of the game. Observing a...
The eight steps from Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master haven't changed for me over the past eight years and I've used them hundreds of times to prep my games with several different...
It might seem overwhelming to dive into the visually stunning world of Dragon Raja: ReRise, but it's actually anything but! The gacha RPG offers more than enough free pulls to help...
On Saturday at Gen Con 2026, our schedule shifted operations entirely over to Lucas Oil Stadium, where we presented our final two tracks back-to-back under Mal and Tal Enterprises,...
While most dungeon crawlers will have you stressing out over your team comps before taking on the dungeon's depths, Dungeon Rush is, well, a rush. Basically, you rush into the dung...
Most RPGs are single player or cooperative, so competition isn't really a thing. Competitive RPG games tend to be MMOGs, in which case the player's capacity for burst damage tends...
The third season starts tomorrow as the players head to Azeroth!
Eric F., a fine Patron of Sly Flourish asked about procedural play from games like OD&D, BX, and Dungeon World and asked whether they're helpful, where they're helpful, and how...
Game Engine Zero is the other book on my shelf, and it's the one I'd hand to someone who has never made a game. The first chapter went into the repo on 2026-08-19. Three volumes a...
Dungeons & Dragons: Long Rest Tavern eschews the role-playing game's tradition of controlling adventurers on epic quests. Instead, it puts players in the shoes of an innkeeper,...
Session zeros help you and your players get on track to play a great adventure or campaign together. They help your players understand the specific game they're playing in, how the...
A preview of the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons World of Warcraft, including a look at some of the dungeons.
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