In The Beginning: Prologs Part 1

This entry is part 1 in the series Prologues In RPGs

I’ve been re-reading my Knights Of The Dinner Table collection lately, and eventually reached the issue in which Brian discusses just how bad it can be for the players when the GM starts his adventure by putting a prophecy in the heads of the players. What happens, according to this character in the comics, is […]

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In The Beginning: Prologs Part 2 (Types 1-9)

This entry is part 2 in the series Prologues In RPGs

In part 1, I looked at the dictionary definition of Prolog (Prologue if you’re not from the US), and found it inadequate. So I formulated my own, and then took a good hard look at the implications. In a nutshell, used properly, and when appropriate, a Prolog can massively enhance an Adventure, novel, play, or […]

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In The Beginning: Prologs Part 3 (Types 10-18)

This entry is part 3 in the series Prologues In RPGs

Plans & Changes It’s strange how perceptions and plans can change as a project proceeds. This is the third in my series of articles about Prologues (spelt ‘Prologs’ in the US, and in the rest of this text) – but when I started, this was intended to be one single article, something relatively quick that […]

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