Travis Miller's Blog About Sword & Sorcery Fiction and Classic Fantasy Adventure Gaming
Many experienced roleplaying gamers ignore the section of a roleplaying game's core rule book titled "What is a roleplaying game?" Some games don't include that section at all. Most likely, you already know basically how this game works. Swords & Wizardry Complete With the popularity of D&D and actual play videos on the internet, a …
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Starting game masters often build too much of their world before their campaign starts. Too much world building can produce a lot of stuff that players never engage with in play. It can make it hard to use material I find after the campaign starts because I'll have to revise elements of my world or …
Continue reading How I Do Worldbuilding For My Sandbox Campaigns
Non-player characters are where I put my main effort when I create a sandbox campaign. There's an old how to post on how I create NPCs but in this one I'm going to tell you a bit about why I put so much effort into non-player characters. Non-player characters are the most important thing in …
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I went to a seminar given by a cozy mystery writer in Cleveland a few years back. She starts writing her books by writing the dialogue scenes as they come to her. They are totally out of order when she writes them. When the shape of the book starts to make sense to her, she …
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I've done some other people's podcasts and YouTubes this month. If you are interested in such things here are some links. https://youtu.be/2085sVR1Jvs?si=gV9evhtrzdMYthUv https://youtu.be/2huMqP604Xk?si=FMmE4kGPfi76ScC_ https://youtu.be/EuRLlykW9og?si=Ar4_GhaHqgVOGdcT Cleveland was hit with some tornadoes a few days ago. My power is out and will probably remain so for another week. I'm also limited in my ability to move around. …
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I had an enjoyable conversation with Kevin of the Redcaps Podcast earlier this week. One of the questions he asked me was where I would recommend someone looks for conversation about tabletop role-playing games online. I had to work through the question before I found an answer. The question has stuck in my mind for …
A reader named Pete sent me a question about how to manage a group of six players. He is new to DMing and groups of more than five is giving him some trouble. Good question Pete, thanks for asking! I'm going to assume Pete is running a face to face game. Personally, I won't run …
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