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Let’s Meet At The Tavern: An Introduction
Why “Meet At The Tavern”? As the subtitle suggest, it’s a D&D tradition. Literally, thousands of DMs have started their tale in a Tavern where the adventurers meet for the first time before setting...
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My Edition Is Better Than Yours
Let’s just get this out of the way: No it’s not. In fact, when it comes right down to it, no system is fundamentally better than any other. I’ve played dozens of systems. Some I think are completely...
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Musical Interludes
I’m a big believer in theme music. I’m not talking about a song that describes a session or storyline, I mean music that pervades every moment of the roleplaying experience. In my previous post, I...
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Warning: Improvisation A Must
“You come to a large fork in the old road and see a large ominous castle on the left trail, it’s shadows spilling over the countryside foretelling danger and doom. The trail to the right feels less...
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When Players Collide
Welcome back everybody! I was out of town for the last week and this was a big topic I wanted to handle properly. When Tavernmeet started a few weeks ago, I asked for topics you would like for me to...
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The Top Five Most Influential Roleplaying Games (to Shaun)
Normally when you see a list of “top five” lists, writers use a litmus of “most influential” or “revolutionary” to whatever industry they’re referring, which is fine. For this list though, I thought...
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All Good Things…
…MUST CONTINUE! Hi folks, sorry I’ve been away for such a long time but as you may or may not know my wife and I travel the US as exhibitors at various comic-cons. Its a lot of fun but can also become...
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Attack The Darkness
Hey guys! So sorry for the radio silence of late. If you’ve been following me on twitter or listening to my podcast Shauncastic, you know that I’ve been amping up my conventions, business and podcast...
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Working In The Sandbox – Part One
Hey guys, welcome back! Sorry for the crazy delay but “the best laid plans” and all that. So let’s jump right in! As promised, this is the first part of a series of articles about creating interesting...
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Working In The Sandbox – Part Two
Welcome back to “Working in the Sandbox!” This is a series of articles about creating a home brew campaign setting that has an intuitive sandbox feel that will allow your players a great deal of...
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Let’s Meet At The Tavern: An Introduction
Why “Meet At The Tavern”? As the subtitle suggest, it’s a D&D tradition. Literally, thousands of DMs have started their tale in a Tavern where the adventurers meet for the first time before setting...
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