Tabletop RPGs: Where do you start?
So you want to be a game master. Or maybe you feel you don’t have a choice, because you want to play TTRPGs* and you don’t know anyone else willing to take on the responsibilities for running it. The good...
Tabletop RPGs
Wenric’s Waivers and Warranties: Rare audio discovered!
I missed last week’s update because I became distracted. So I will be updating the blog twice this week to make up for it. First, as payment for my sins, I thought I would ‘treat’ you to a recording of...
Becoming a storyteller for TTRPGs
I have been thinking about ways to introduce people to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). If we want to see a more diverse community of people in the hobby, we need to make it easier for people to join in. This...
Death House Revisited
Welcome to this blog’s first review! I love running published adventures, and I find that writing a review is a good way to reflect on my experience and learn from my mistakes and successes. So enjoy this review of Death House, a...
Reflecting on Critical Role (Season 1)
I love RPGs. They’re a unique form of communal storytelling, a great way to spend time with friends, and at best they’re a fantastic creative outlet. Whether you’re sitting at a physical table or playing online, it’s enormous fun for...
The Tale of Valkyrion Ariessus, Hexblade Warlock
This week, we have our first dual-author post! (Who knew that I would post so much creative writing.) Having two authors is fitting, since character creation is generally best when it is a collaborative process. This is the backstory I...
Wenric Loudbottle and Leaves-In-Wind
What’s better than creative writing, character creation, and prizes? Why, all three together! Deven Rue, cartographer to the stars, ran a contest in 2018, where she asked people to submit characters to populate Kor’Treum, the world she created. I figured...
The soldier and the Mote of Fire
Character creation can be a great prompt for creative writing, but it’s rare that the storyteller gets in on the action. Recently, a 7th Sea player needed to reference a very specific folktale. It had to involve an otherworldy being...
Setting the mood with soundtracks (for your RPGs)
Music has always been a part of my gaming life. My first group, who introduced me to RPGs, always listened to industrial, metal, and goth playlists during our gaming sessions. Rather appropriate for a bunch of nerds pretending to be...
Why not try a holiday in Barovia this year?
I’m running a Curse of Strahd campaign for six friends, playing Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. The party consists of a human cleric, a half-elf paladin, a human barbarian, a tiefling warlock, a gnome rogue, and a gnome wizard. The...
