https://youtu.be/yEnkhEsMIvo Tabletop roleplaying games have one huge, inescapable drawback: It tends to be a four hour per one or two week (or even monthly) activity. That’s as less as one hour a week, and its sad that I end up spending more of my life watching reruns of New Girl then partaking in my favourite … Continue reading My 5 Favourite Tabletop Shows
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Superheroes Who Need The Insomniac Treatment
Just like the film Layer Cake proved to the world that Daniel Craig would make a cracking James Bond, so too did Insomniac’s open-world, superhero-em-up game Infamous and it’s sequels show that the developer had the skills to make brilliant games about people with crime-fighting powers. Now the proof is very much in the pudding … Continue reading Superheroes Who Need The Insomniac Treatment
5 Steps For World Building in D&D
https://youtu.be/NxG7gTfXi08 A fan, friend of mine and fellow dungeon master Rob has asked me to go over world building in D&D so that he may more easily create an awesome setting for his players. Building your own world, and adventure within it, is incredibly satisfying, a whole lot more work, but ultimately the more true … Continue reading 5 Steps For World Building in D&D
5 Reasons to play Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
https://youtu.be/TWzgTrwSNcA The latest sourcebook for Dungeons and Dragons is really quite something. I picked it up last week and, after perusing it for a while, I suddenly realised something...this answers so many of the issues I had with alignment that I had literally just written about! So this was always going to have to be … Continue reading 5 Reasons to play Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
7 Thoughts About Alignment – Video
For the version with words that you can read with your eyes, click here. https://youtu.be/wQezeVatgwc
7 Thoughts About Alignment in D&D
If you want to check out the video version, head here. If you’re brand new to D&D, you’ve probably spotted the ‘alignment’ section of your character sheet, right at the top there. It must be jolly important to be so high up on the page, amongst other crucial info as name, class, race and eye … Continue reading 7 Thoughts About Alignment in D&D
7 Signs You’re Ready to be a DM – Video
For the written word version, pop over here. https://youtu.be/9l9IXWOvPS4
7 Signs You’re Ready To Be A DM
If you want to check out the video version of this blog, it's right over here. As a dungeon master I'm constantly on the lookout for those who look like they may be suited for The Path. I've introduced dozens of people to tabletop games and I would say only 1 or 2 have shown … Continue reading 7 Signs You’re Ready To Be A DM
5 Alternatives to D&D – Video
Here's my video on the five alternatives to D&D I think you should try: https://youtu.be/pT_GRsdAREs If you want to read these tips, head to my other blog!
Alternative Games to D&D
Note: If you want to check out the video version of this blog, take a look over here. When you think of tabletop roleplaying games, you will no doubt think straight away of Dungeons and Dragons. It is the only tabletop game to get any recognition and showing in other media such as TV and … Continue reading Alternative Games to D&D
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