If you’ve got five minutes, the Guardian just posted a jolly interesting article about the rise of tabletop gaming. While the article focuses mostly on board games, roleplaying games pop in here and there. It’s a great read and articulates many of the reasons gaming is becoming more and more popular.
Author: Creighton
Creighton is the publisher at Raging Swan Press and the designer of the award winning adventure Madness at Gardmore Abbey. He has designed many critically acclaimed modules such as Retribution and Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands and worked with Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, Expeditious Retreat Press, Rite Publishing and Kobold Press.
Old Classics You Should Check Out
I’m a bit of an old (gaming) fart. I’ve been gaming for over three decades and in that time I’ve played loads of well known–and some not so well known–modules. The posts below contain some of my suggestions for classic adventures you really should run:
- 1 Overlooked High-Level Classic You Should Run
- 2 More Overlooked Classic TSR Modules You Should Run
- 4 Overlooked Classic TSR Modules You Should Run
I hope you enjoy them!
Shattered Star #60: Confusion & Illusion
At the end of last session, we left our heroes battling two chuuls, a rather irate will-o-wisp and one of their own—Karelia—who suddenly attacked her fellows for no good reason.
Why Your Dungeons Should Have More than One Entrance
It’s a sad fact of life, but most commercially available dungeons only seem to have one—or at the most two—entrances.
Continue reading Why Your Dungeons Should Have More than One Entrance
Better Dungeon Delving and You
Being able to whack things with a sword isn’t the only prerequisite of being a good adventurer. Sometimes, cunning, subtly, planning and diplomacy also come into play. And just as often, these facets of dungeon exploration are ignored in favour of “rushing in and slaying them all.” With that in mind, here’s a collection of handy links designed to make you a better dungeon delver.
- 10 Dungeon Delving Tips for Beginners
- Adventuring Advice from EGG, the Master DM
- Blitzdelve
- How To Avoid Looming Disaster
- More Principles of Successful Adventuring
- Principles of Successful Adventuring
- Run Away! Run Away!
- The 10 Commandments of Dungeon Delving
If I’ve missed anything, please leave a comment below and help other adventurers not die during their next expedition.