Getting In Your Own Brain’s Face – Making Knowledge and Other Passive Skills Active
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a guideline on when the players should reach for the dice in a roleplaying game – when the momentum in your game’s world …
Hobbying with ALIEN: A Planet and some Space Trucker jobs
“Planet” is being generous. Penthos is a planetoid, a rockball a little larger than Luna and a touch smaller than Mercury, orbiting an F-type star. Still, it has an atmosphere, …
Are You In The World’s Face? Rolling the Dice in an RPG Session
We RPG geeks often debate the value of dice in roleplaying games, especially ones where characters are given lots of options relating to rolling them. A while back, I wrote …
How to set Hope’s Last Day up in Roll20
Roll20 is a great resource for people who want to enjoy a tabletop roleplaying game session but cannot physically get together with their fellow hobbyists. It’s a virtual tabletop application …
It’s Been A Long Road: A Short History of the Star Trek Universe (to 2370)
As a game master of a tabletop roleplaying game, it’s my ongoing job to present a world of adventure for the folks who are joining in to explore and, well, …
It’s Okay to be a Horror Character
On the afternoon of Saturday, February 29th, I ran A L I E N: The Roleplaying Game for four mates. I game mastered the “Hope’s Last Day” cinematic scenario in …
The Player Diaries: A Dark Act by a Shining Warrior
Well, the third proper session of Savage RIFTS went down on Sunday morning and holy crap, did it not go down as I expected. I’m looking forward to see where …
The City in Ice: The Thawed
It’s with some sadness that, due to a family emergency, our group had to postpone the next session of The Saga of the Bin Chicken until next week. However, that …
Getting From Here to Oomph in the City in Ice
In a recent couple of posts, I wrote about how I want a little more drama and excitement – a little more oomph, if you will – in my RPG …
How can I help my players bring more oomph?
As I mentioned in the last post, my players for my Star Wars: Force and Destiny game sessions sometimes struggle with taking action in the game. Part of it is …