Running the Aranea Queen Campaign
The Aranea Queen Campaign is designed for a party of 4-6 1st-level PCs. It takes place in the Nether Mountains in the Silver Marches in the Forgotten Realms. The heroes should be at 10th level when the campaign ends. When I wrote the Aranea Queen Campaign, my son and...
Becoming a Game Master
Roleplaying games (RPGs) offer an incredible avenue for creativity, collaboration, and storytelling. At the heart of these games lies the game master (GM), who orchestrates the narrative, creates the world, and ensures that players have a memorable experience. Ever...
Enriching your game
There are ways to make your game even more engaging and draw players deeper into the experience. Here is something I discovered a few weeks ago. I am always on the lookout for ways to make my games more interesting and to draw players deeper into the setting. I've...
Creating a Character for Daggerheart
Here are a few ideas and thoughts on how to get the most out of creating a character for Daggerheart RPG by Darrington Press. One of my groups is about to finish a 2-year-long D&D campaign and has decided to use Daggerheart for our next game. As many veteran...
Player Agency
Player Agency in TTRPGs is one of the most important factors that separates role-playing games from other storytelling media. At its core, agency is about the ability to make meaningful choices and see those choices shape the outcome of the game. A few weeks ago, my...
Creating a Character
Creating a character is one of the most engaging aspects of every roleplaying game. Here are a few ideas for making your character stand out and become memorable and fun to play. I‘ve been playing role-playing games for over 3 decades - since I was in my early teenage...
Diversity at the table
For years, roleplaying games were a haven for young and middle aged males. Not a girl in sight. In recent years, this has changed. And I like it. Here's why I prefer diversity at the table. Here in Iceland we have a law that forces most companies to have as much...
Things to do RPG-wise during Covid-19
There's no need in stop playing roleplaying games during Covid-19. Here are a few ideas on what you can do rpg-wise to get through the virus. Here in Iceland most people keep indoors and when we get out, we are supposed to stay at least 2 meters (approx. 6 feet) from...
Sagas of the North
Chaosium and Drivethrurpg.com announce the Sagas of the North, a community created content for Age of Vikings RPG. It is no secret that Age of Vikings is one of my favorite TTRPG at the moment. I am an avid fan of the Icelandic Sagas and tend to dig deep into games...
The TTRPGs I played in 2025
2026 is just around the corner. It's time to wrap up the year! Here are the TTRPGs I played in 2025. I have played more this year than I have ever before. In the first half of the year, I taught a role-playing games class twice a week and played with three groups....
AI in TTRPG
AI in TTRPG is a hot topic, and many publishers claim they do not use any AI for their products. But what about the smaller publishers, or even in your own game, is AI something you could or should use? Recently, there was a fiery debate in the Icelandic TTRPG group...
My take on Age of Vikings
Age of Vikings: Core Rulebook is a full-fledged, standalone role-playing game, rooted in the rich Norse and Icelandic saga tradition, and built on Chaosium’s venerable Basic Roleplaying (BRP) system. I am an avid fan of the Icelandic Sagas and gladly admit that every...
Vampire the Masquerade RPG
Vampire: The Masquerade is one of the most popular modern horror role-playing games, and has been for years. Playing a vampire seems to have a lure that is hard to resist. We've all heard stories of vampires – pale-faced, with sharp teeth, lurking in the shadows at...
Riotminds: Wicked Dew
The Swedish Publisher Riotminds recently introduced a new Role-Playing game. Wicked Dew is a horror game set in Victorian England. Wicked Dew is a twisted Victorian horror role-playing game, strange, unsettling, and unlike anything Riotminds has released before....
Hands of the White Wizard – The One Ring
Six new adventures for The One Ring challenge you to decide Saruman’s fate before the War of the Ring begins. Hands of the White Wizard is a new expansion for the One Ring Role-Playing game. Free League plans to publish a new adventure book for the One Ring...
Daggerheart RPG review: Hope, Fear, and the Future of Fantasy Role-Playing
Daggerheart is the system that has most people in RPG talking. Is this a game that might challenge the dominance D&D has had in the RPG sphere for decades? When you open Daggerheart, you feel something rare in modern RPG design: a heartbeat. The Daggerheart RPG,...
Grab it while it’s Hot – Awaken: the Blood of Salvora
One of the great things about the current RPG boom is all the new and exciting games being made. There's not much time to spare, but there is still a chance to look into and investing in Awaken: the Blood of Salvora on Kickstarter. It's a follow-up, expansion and...
Sometimes, D&D just isn’t it
We Yawners haven't been around all that long but one thing has become very, very clear. It is a hell of lot harder to get eyeballs on articles that are not D&D related. Our D&D pieces get a lot of attention, a lot of views and considerable response. When we...
Nordic Roleplaying Games
Lately we have been reviewing and writing about new and emerging roleplaying games from Sweden, e.g. Trudvang Chronicles and Tales from the Loop. But there are other roleplaying games, in English or some of the Nordic languages, that are noteworthy and here are just a...
