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RPGaDay August 28

Thing you’d be most surprised a friend had not seen or read? Fifteen or twenty years ago, I used to be shocked when I’d discover someone who hadn’t seen or read something I’d been enjoying for years. Like Star Wars. How do you be a geek and not see Star Wars?! As it turns out,…

August 28, 2016
RPGaday August 27

Most unusual circumstance or location in which you’ve gamed. I’ve run and played RPGs in a variety of unusual locations over the years. I have, in years past, taken the Greyhound to Gen Con which works out to a three day trip. One year, encountering other gamers on the bus, I ran a D&D game…

August 27, 2016
RPGaDay August 26

What hobbies go well with RPGs? At first I wasn’t sure how to answer this one, since I didn’t really see the role-playing hobby as excluding one from other hobbies. Want to sky dive and be a gamer? Go ahead! Xtreme philately? Do it! But I guess there are some hobbies which pair better with…

August 26, 2016
RPGaDay August 25

What makes for a good character? Good characters need a few things. First, the player has to want to play it. Seems pretty obvious, but I’ve run games where a player ended up playing a class they weren’t fond of because the group needed it, and hated every minute. If the player isn’t excited about…

August 25, 2016
RPGaDay August 22-24

For some reason I cannot fathom, my posts from the weekend didn’t go up right away. Instead, they both posted Monday. Monday’s and Tuesday’s posts were about to go the same route, but I seemed to have fixed the issue. So I apologize if you got post spammed Monday. To cut down on that, I incorporated…

August 24, 2016
RPGaDay August 21

Funniest misinterpretation of a rule in your group? The first one that comes to mind is from my Monday Knights group, back when we first started. This was in the Before Times, when we were still playing D&D 3.5e. One of the players, let’s call him Ben, had rolled up a ranger. Every time he would…

August 21, 2016
RPGaDay August 20

Most challenging but rewarding system you have learned? I’ve had systems which challenged me in different ways. When I was ten-years-old and just diving in to this crazy hobby, “getting” Basic D&D was a bit of a challenge. I didn’t understand hit points for the first few sessions I played, and therefore didn’t realize why…

August 20, 2016
RPGaDay August 19

Best way to learn a new game? I don’t know if it’s the best way, but it works for me. After I’ve skimmed the rule book to get an idea of the mechanics and setting feel, I roll up a character. I don’t worry about min-maxing or making the “best” character for the game. Instead,…

August 19, 2016
Catching Up on RPGaDay

Yep, it’s been a heck of a week, so you all get another catch-up day. And I will hopefully begin doing these daily like I’m supposed to tomorrow. Enjoy! August 13: What makes a successful campaign? Player buy-in. You can develop the perfect campaign world, populate it with cunning monsters and interesting NPCs, tailor plots…

August 18, 2016
RPGaDay August 12

What game is your group most likely to play next? Why? A hard question to answer, as I’m currently GMing several groups. I’m coming up on a pretty even split between Pathfinder and D&D 5e between them, and as I’m just starting or am in the middle of campaigns, we’ll be playing them for a…

August 12, 2016