Tag: Pathfinder

  • Trail Rations: Qadiran Cockatrice Thighs

    I like to encourage my regular Thursday night group to eat less junk, and to that end I often cook up a meal for us to enjoy before the game. Last time I posted a recipe for a hearty stew, but this time I wanted to get a little fancy. Since we’re playing Pathfinder, I…

  • Campaign Creation: In the Depths

    Last time, we talked about all the nasties awaiting our brave adventurers above ground. Now I want to look at what (or who) might be lurking underground. Giving it some thought, I want to split the Depths, as I’ll call them, into three main areas. The first area will be just below the surface, at…

  • Campaign Creation: Beginnings and Broad Strokes, Pt. 1

    Recent posts in the 30 Days of GMing Challenge got me thinking about campaign construction. Specifically, about how long it’s been since I built a campaign from scratch. I only have so much time in the day, so in recent years I’ve fallen back more and more on the use of pre-written campaign material when…

  • Quickie Update

    Just checking in so no one starts looting my corpse. Extra Life went very well, and Team Knifeshoes raised $5991 by the end. I really want to thank everyone who donated to the cause, and my team mates for their hard work. Sadly, due to illness and just life getting in the way, none of…

  • 3 Resources to Help Build Future Gamers

    The promised dice tower construction tutorial has been delayed by a day due to technical difficulties. While I sort those out, I thought I’d talk a bit about kids and gaming. The last question in the 30 Days of Game Mastering Challenge is “How do we grow our hobby?”. You can read my extended answer…

  • Altered States

    Starting the week off with updates about Renaissance Gamer, because some things are, you guessed it, changing. I’m going back to a M-F update schedule. I tried M-W-F, or sometimes T-Th-Sat, but that usually resulted in a single post and an “eff you!” to the rest of the week. Habit is everything when it comes…

  • Extra Life Update and Game Schedule

    Taking a break from the 30 Days of Game Mastering Challenge. Don’t worry, I’ll catch up tomorrow. But today I’m talking about my Extra Life fundraising, because the day is fast approaching. I am not a serious, hard-core video gamer. I have my moments; I play more World of Tanks and World of Warcraft than…

  • 30 Days of Game Mastering, Day Twenty-one

    As we enter the final third of the 30 Days of Game Mastering Challenge, we start to look at more “meta” questions. Questions like… What are your favourite books about game mastering? My hands-down favourite book on game mastering is Robin’s Laws of Good Game Mastering, written by Robin D. Laws and published by Steve Jackson…

  • 30 Days of Game Mastering, Day Twenty

    Two-thirds of the way through, gentle readers. After today a scant ten entries lie between us and the end of the 30 Days of Game Mastering Challenge. I really hope you’ve found some of these posts useful. When this is over you’ll be able to read all these entries in one of two ways: either…

  • 30 Days of Game Mastering, Day Fifteen to Nineteen

    Never fear, I haven’t abandoned the 30 Days of Game Mastering Challenge. But last week became busier than anticipated, so once again you get a blog post covering the last several days. I promise, tomorrow we go back to one topic a day. Until then, pour yourself a coffee and enjoy. Memorable villains: how do…