Travis Miller's Blog About Sword & Sorcery Fiction and Classic Fantasy Adventure Gaming
If you watch my Sandbox Campaign Creation Process videos, you will note that I make a lot of lists. Lists are one of my favorite game mastering tools for creating a campaign, preparing for an individual session, and running the game at the table. I use lists to help with sandbox campaign planning Planning is …
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Original Dungeons & Dragons is a set of tools and guidance for us to create our own game.
Most referees know the rules and how to make rulings for secret doors. Why, when, and where to use them in a dungeon might is also worth considering.
Modern game designers talk about mechanics or storytelling when they talk about encounters. I have a different approach that goes to the root of why we play.
Encounters are the basic unit of play in a roleplaying game. Understanding what makes up an encounter is fundamental to game mastering and adventure design.
I am working on a series of videos about my method of creating a sandbox campaign. I am four videos into the series. I have seven more shot and I'm releasing them as I get them edited. https://youtu.be/P9SygS7OwRw I originally published this information in a fairly long document in my newsletter archive. If you'd like …
Adventures written by other people can be hard to fit into a sandbox campaign I build myself. There are ways of doing it but it also requires picking adventures that fit the setting I've created. If I create a setting that is very different from the implied or intended setting of the game I'm running then I'll have an even harder time finding an adventure that fits.
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