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Memorable Villains

Have you ever been neck deep in a story around the table as a storyteller or player and had your…

9 years ago

Heroes or murderhobos?

Every now and then I find myself in a bit of a tight spot. I try and I try, yet…

9 years ago

A Tribute to the Humble Orc

The scene was as gruesome as expected. Unlike the Kelbit tribe, who took slaves, the Urzun tribe simply killed. The…

9 years ago

Game studies: Skill, Luck, Fate: The Three pillars of tabletop roleplaying.

Game theory is defined as „the study of mathematical models between intelligent decision-makers“. But „game studies“ or „ludology“ is the…

9 years ago

Murphy’s 1st Law: If anything can go wrong, it will

After reading my article on NPC building a friendly storyteller contacted me and asked me how to deal with players…

9 years ago

A character’s Story and the All Important Session 0

Last year I realised I've been running games for a quarter century. Now that's a bunch o' time. When I…

9 years ago

A TOUCH OF HALF LIFE

Welcome back to my little corner of the Yawning Portal. Today I want to help you create life! But not…

9 years ago

Of fiendish trolls and furious thunder…

Welcome to my first article for the Yawning Portal. I hope you stay a while for i have much to…

9 years ago

Dungeon Crawls

The other day I was talking to a fellow dungeon master and good friend of mine. I asked him what…

9 years ago

Writing D&D modules

As every veteran Dungeon Master knows, there's a huge difference in running a published module and a homemade one, and…

9 years ago

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