Campaign Mastery

The US Midterms are <100 days away, so these two real-world original political tools might be useful – and in RPGs, too. My goodness but a lot of elements went into creating this logo! Tile effect by Melanie Simon. Background by StockSnap. Atom by Gerd Altmann, Earth by Alexander Antropov, Jupiter by Adis Resic, Rubick’s […]

Relating the anatomy of a skill roll to the difference between learned technique and natural ability. A short post. I know I’ve addressed the subject before, but this short piece offers a different ‘take’ on the question. I’ve actually set this one aside for more than a year, thinking that there should be more to […]

Some problems are so serious that they threaten the viability of the entire campaign. All is not lost – here are your choices. The Elephant In The Gray Room is a metaphor that I have created to represent Plot Holes. These are matters of huge significance or importance that everyone is overlooking because they are […]

GMs can take a lot of the strain off by worldbuilding within their encounters. It’s easier than it sounds! Any genre. I’ve been increasingly frustrated lately by dramatic headlines that offer two choices, neither realistic, only for the whole of the content that follows to knock down one of the two and assert that this […]