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I've been playing through Black Mesa and I learned that, except for me, no one has played any of the Half Life games. So I got to thinking, could I set a table top campaign in the Black Mesa incident? The problem is, I don't have a modern day setting ruleset at my disposal. I'm looking for...

My children, D12, S10, and D8, all love playing board games with me. However, their enthusiasm for games like Battleship and Life eclipse my own. So I'm looking for suggestions on things we can play together. Either one on one or as a family. They can all handle Catan, though my 8 year old needs...

I'm thinking of proposing playing a session of Alice is Missing to my D&D group at the end of the current campaign. The goal is to play something different as a palate cleanser before the next game starts up. I was wondering if anyone here had played it before. Tips, advice, pitfalls to avoid...

The PCs wander into a chamber in a cavern. The chamber is occupied by a Large spider. To prevent its dinner's escape, the spider throws a web at the entrance to the chamber, effectively blocking it up. My questions to you are: 1) Would this even work with a monstrous spider's web throwing...

My batch of murderous goblins are sneaking into a city. Their goal is to get across town to the temple of Shelyn and assassinate the priests there. Is there an interesting/exciting way to handle sneaking through the city? My first thought is to throw down a big map of the part of the city...

The goblin rogue in my campaign has been infected by magical crystals that spread by corrupting organic matter into more magical crystals. The rogue has survived long enough to make it back to his village and is asking the shamans for help in curing his affliction. Now, while I could just say...

If a PC were to remove the focus for a Soulbound Doll (Bestiary 2), could they communicate with the soul trapped inside?

With many RPG systems encouraging you to have a flaw/drawback for your character, I was wondering what the silliest drawback you've ever given a character was. I'm thinking things like "Terrified of bees" or "Severe nut allergy". Did your GM incorporate them into the game? What happened?

I'm running a We Be Goblins! campaign for my group. One of my players is playing a sorcerer with the draconic bloodline. She claims to be descended from "the mighty dragon Blargggh". All of my players have picked up this idea and ran with it. Now at the end of We Be 5uper Goblins, the party...

My party is going to be following someone soon. Their goal is to follow the mark to wherever he is going and see what he's up to. How do I make this interesting? I don't want it to be "Ok, roll stealth. ... Alright, he doesn't notice you". The dice do seem to hate me so I try not to put...

You've been invited to a halfling wedding and are expected to bring a gift. What do you bring? The loving couple also happen to be a couple of leg breakers for the local organized crime family. And the whole family is involved. (Yes, I am trying to fish for ideas to add to my party's loot. ;) )

My current GM needs a break to recharge his batteries and I'm going to be running the table. I'd like to run the We Be Goblins Modules (4,1,2,3,5) as a mini campaign. I'm just wondering if anyone here has done this. Advice, pit falls, etc. Also, depending on how this goes, I may continue the...

I'm planning on throwing a silly magic staff in as loot in my next dungeon. It's a magical staff used by the goblin head chef in the dungeon's kitchen. It will look like an oversized wooden spoon. I'm thinking that it will allow the wielder to cast Create Water, Purify Food and Drink, Mage Hand...

I'm looking for a fey to use as an assassin. She came to town when the humans started logging her forest home and began to eliminate the settlers. I'm looking for suggestions on what type of fey to use. Maybe just take Green Hag and reskin it as a fey? Thoughts and suggestions?

Something that I've been seeing a lot lately is that the party should be faced with encounters that they cannot win. That they should run. My question to you is how do you convey this information to the party without being ham-fisted about it? Now there are the obvious clues like the dragon...

I've been running a game set in a small town that is run by a lumber company. The lumber company is pretty despicable and is the true power in the town. The head of the lumber company has a son that is an alright kid despite his father. Now my players have started asking, "Where's mom?" Through...

I have noticed something about my gaming habits over the last few years. I've come to appreciate modules more and more. Perhaps it's because when I first started to play D&D my DMs wrote everything themselves. And that's what I learned to do. And so, I turned my nose up at those pre-written...

Suppose you're the evil dude in head of a lumber company. You want to expand deeper into a large forest full of darkwood. The problem is, there's a small clan of squatters in your forest! Now, you've been slowly bringing in mercenaries to your town for some time now under the guise of...

Curse of Strahd seems to get universal acclaim. I was excited to play it. Yet, I found my experience lacking. I wouldn't say I hated it, that may be too strong a word, but I definitely found it disappointing. Now, I was a player and I have no idea what the DM altered, cut, or just simply forgot...

I'm running a campaign that is set near a darkwood forest. The town is run by the nearby lumber company. The lumber company is already disinterested with the welfare of its workers. (Profits over people) A few of my players have expressed an interest in dealing with the town leadership. I'm...