Troll in the Corner

Gaming in the Classroom?

Monday, July 12, 2010

I've always thought there should be some educational/non-violent/classroom based RPG. Kids deserve that opportunity to expand their imaginations, and why shouldn't learning be fun?

Storytelling Technique: “You are now X…”

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

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Storytelling Technique: “You are now X…”

Break up your campaign and create tension for your players by using a vignette to introduce knowledge to the players, but not the characters.

Reviews & Ideas: Obsidian Portal website

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Reviews & Ideas: Obsidian Portal website

Adventure logs, character sheets, wikis, maps, forums, and more, the gaming website Obsidian Portal is a fantastic storage place for all the tasty story-bits of your RPG.

Reviews & Ideas: Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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Reviews & Ideas: Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter

Using novels to spark imagination and develop questions for RPG world-building.

Reviews & Ideas: RL Puzzles in RPGs

Thursday, May 27, 2010

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Integrate real life challenges into your RPG for the players to solve, with a little help from their characters.

Playing a Story in a Believable World 3

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Here are a few starter ideas to help you establish a Continuity of Theme, Tone, and Mood.

Back in university, when I started gaming it was very rare that our weekly game would be missed, if it was it was a huge deal. I knew that every Friday night I would have a game to run it would probably last for many hours and take even longer to plan for. It was okay though because I had the time

Playing a Story in a Believable World 2

Monday, May 24, 2010

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In what was likely the best campaign I’ve ever run, I started by establishing the story I wanted to tell.

Reviews & Ideas: Weather in RPGs

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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"Weather effects have always had much too small of an emphasis in many RPGs, relegated to a mention in some generic world-building chapter or the occasional supplement." It is time to reconsider that for your game.