DMing
DMs don’t need to plan every last detail their D&D campaigns and settings
When you're starting a homebrew D&D campaign — building your own adventure in your own world — it's okay to not have everything planned out in advance.
Why DMs should start small when building out new campaigns and settings
When you're planning to write your own unique Dungeons & Dragons campaign rather than a pre-made, fully-realized campaign -- also referred to as homebrew -- it can be incredibly fun to go hog wild on the worldbuilding.
It’s good to play a variety of TTRPGs, not just D&D. Here’s why.
I am an ardent believer that not only is it fun to play a wide variety of TTRPGs, it can also improve your skill as a player or game master in every system you play.
Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons brings more Dragons, more ways to use them, and hints of their cosmic importance
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons is a new sourcebook for Dungeons and Dragons 5e, and it's all about Dragons.
Learning to improvise in Dungeons and Dragons: How to salvage a session when your players are Chaotic Neutral
Tabletop players are unpredictable -- that's what makes Dungeon Mastering fun, ultimately.
Tips for starting your first TTRPG campaign
I remember when I decided to start my first Dungeons and Dragons game as a DM, and found about a month into it that I'd accidentally created my own campaign world.
How to come back from a bad moment in your D&D campaign
Being a Dungeon Master for a TTRPG like Dungeons and Dragons means a fair amount of work involved in running an adventure for a group of players, but you may be surprised how often that is all for nothing.
How to get started as a DM in D&D
If there's one thing that every Dungeons and Dragons game needs, it's a Dungeon Master.
It’s okay not to have the rules memorized when playing a TTRPG
I've been playing and Game Mastering various tabletop RPGs for a long time -- from old school Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder, to Wraith the Oblivion, Exalted, and Talislanta. I've run GURPS, Champions, Silver Age Sentinels, Unknown Armies, Conspiracy X, Call of Cthulhu, Earthdawn, Heavy Gear... it's a lot of games.
How to customize an RPG system to tell the stories your group wants
Sometimes, there's no specific game system out there that both works mechanically and thematically for your Tabletop RPG party.
