Archive for December, 2022

To Roll Or Not To Roll, pt 2

Filed in PCs, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, Combat, Planning & Preparation, Rules & Mechanics, The End Of The Rainbow, House-Rules, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Game Design on Dec.20, 2022

Concluding Campaign Mastery’s contribution to the December Blog Carnival hosted by Rising Phoenix Games is on the subject of “No Dice“. In Part 1, I looked at why we roll dice for various things in RPGs and what these die rolls are attempting to simulate in game-world terms. In a nutshell, the dice represent all […]

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To Roll Or Not To Roll, pt 1

Filed in Game Design, Dr Who 2: A Vortex Of War, Zener Gate, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, Dr Who: Lovecraft's Legacies, House-Rules, Combat, D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), Rules & Mechanics, The End Of The Rainbow on Dec.13, 2022

The December Blog Carnival by Rising Phoenix Games is on the subject of “No Dice“. This is the beginning of Campaign Mastery’s contribution to the subject. There are times when it can be useful to the GM and his simulation of reality not to require a roll for something. This article is going to explore […]

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The Importance and Use of Context

Filed in Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Tools & Techniques, The End Of The Rainbow, Planning & Preparation, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Mike, Game Mastering, D&D / Pathfinder, Campaign Management, Metagaming & Metagame Theory on Dec.06, 2022

So November has come and gone, and with it, Campaign Mastery’s bonus hosting of the Blog Carnival. Those who got inspired by the topic did a stellar job with some very interesting contributions, which I’ll summarize later in this wrap-up post. Sadly, there weren’t really enough participants for that to fill this article. Possibly, misunderstanding […]

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