GM Advice: Rulings vs Rules
A popular bone of contention is discussions of game mastering advice is around the concept of rulings versus rules. It has sparked many a lively Reddit discussion…
AwesomeCon 2024
Labyrinth Games & Puzzles were hosting the Tabletop Gaming section at AwesomeCon 2024. This year, they had 400 tables with a massive game library, teachers to run people through how to play every single one, live sessions with local game designers, and more. Incredibly they ran out of table space every single day.
Ben Riggs and the Death of the Golden Age of TTRPGs - Pt 2
Ben Riggs is a tabletop RPG historian and author of the excellent and well-researched book, Slaying the Dragon: a Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons published by Macmillan in 2022. On January 3rd, Riggs shared a lengthy post on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit that was later shared on ENWorld in which he claimed that the Golden Age of tabletop role-playing games was at an end.
The post went viral and spawned a bevy of responses from community members and content creators. Riggs himself talked further about the post in the latest episode of his podcast, Plot Points.
On January 23rd, I had the opportunity to speak with Ben about his book and about his predictions for the future of the TTRPG hobby. Part 1 of this interview appeared on the blog on January 29th. You can find it here. The second half of the wide-ranging interview is included below. Be sure to check out the first half if you haven’t read it yet!
Ben Riggs & the Death of the Golden Age of TTRPGs - Pt 1
Ben Riggs is a tabletop RPG historian and author of the excellent and well-researched book, Slaying the Dragon: a Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons published by Macmillan in 2022. On January 3rd, Riggs shared a lengthy post on Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit that was later shared on ENWorld in which he claimed that the Golden Age of tabletop role-playing games was at an end.
The post went viral and spawned a bevy of responses from community members and content creators. Riggs himself talked further about the post in the latest episode of his podcast, Plot Points.
On January 23rd, I had the opportunity to speak with Ben about his book, and about his predictions about the future of the TTRPG hobby. It was an enlightening and wide-ranging discussion, and I am pleased to be able to share the interview with you!
DM Tips: Getting Started with Planescape
Planescape, the latest campaign setting published for Dungeons & Dragons, is the strangest, most boundary-stretching campaign setting ever produced for D&D. Maybe you are interested in running a campaign in the setting, maybe you just want to blend Planescape into your current setting, or maybe you just want to know a little bit about what this new setting is all about. if so, this blog is for you.
Improvising Tips from GM Cellar
The extremely creative and talented folks over at GM Cellar launched their highly entertaining and useful actual-play show on YouTube this week, Dragons from Scratch.