TTRPG
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D&D
What is Sage Advice and why it belongs in every D&D player’s toolkit
Nothing kills fun in a tabletop RPG faster than a rules argument. No one likes being wrong, and no DM truly likes being the bad guy.…
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Shadowrun is a great alternative to Dungeons and Dragons, just in case you can’t get enough of our current cyberpunk dystopia
Shadowrun has been one of my favorite settings for as long as I can remember, and one I think doesn’t get nearly enough love and attention. Long…
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Blizzard Watch Plays: Deadlands Noir TTRPG is the perfect setting for a classic New Orleans detective story
This week our tabletop gaming crew took a break from D&D to try something completely new…. Deadlands Noir! The group of hard-boiled detectives took the the…
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Join the Blizzard Watch crew for a Deadlands Noir TTRPG adventure, today on Twitch!
I know, I know: we left last month’s D&D game on a pretty big cliffhanger, and I promise we’ll get back to that. But this month,…
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What you need to know to start playing the Apocalypse World tabletop RPG
It’s fifty years in the future. The world as we know it today is destroyed. What happened? Who is causing trouble? And how is anyone going…
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What you need to know to start playing the Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG
Certain games are not about growing in power and taking on ever more potent monsters for loot. Sometimes, a game is more about the experience, and…
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Getting started with HERO System, a flexible tabletop RPG that’s all about imaginative play
Dungeons & Dragons is the gold standard in tabletop role-playing games. But it’s limited to the settings and to the classes it offers. What if there…
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Wizards of the Coast addresses fantasy racism in D&D
If you’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons for any length of time, you’ve probably heard of the Drow. My first experience with them was the module series…
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How to add a new player to your established D&D game
Let’s set the stage. You’ve got a fairly regular Dungeons & Dragons campaign going. The group is fairly comfortable with each other, the characters are well established…
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How to play D&D online
Hey, Matt? Yes, rhetorical device I’m using to open an article? You host a Blizzard Watch D&D game, right? Yes I do, imaginary friend. But don’t…
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