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Real history is even crazier than fiction. There was a woman named Princess Maude who had all kinds of crazy adventures because she would not give up her claim to the throne of England for herself and her son. One time, she was kept prisoner in a castle, and she managed to climb down out of...

Then you can throw in religion, a conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, or Christianity and Islam, or your world's imaginary equivalents. What's great about religion is that it inspires real fanaticism in some characters, and a willingness to do anything in its name, even throwing out...

Do you watch TV shows and movies to get ideas for your campaign world? I do. I watch a lot of TV, and I see it as research. I see the stories as inspiration to give me ideas for my own worlds. I just finished White Princess, which is a show about the War of the Roses. Basically, two rival...

I have observed my children's generation, and it seems they don't want to grow up. I have two older daughters, and they are still unmarried and have no children, though they have live-in boyfriends. My son also seems stalled in life, he has a full-time job, but he is not making much progress...

Traveler is very specific to what it intends to accomplish, a game about trade/commerce, with a bit of mercenary action mixed in. You're pretty much forced to be the rag tag crew of a vagabond free trader, the game doesn't really allow for alternatives to that story set up. What I know about...

D&D 5e, Savage Worlds (Science Fiction), Star Wars, Traveler.

These are great ideas, but all have to do with divinities and mythological events. I would suggest you introduce some human characters to continue the story forward to the present day of your campaign world.

I used to experiment with writing fantasy and science fiction stories, and for me, writing the first few chapters was never a problem. It's what happens after that that I got stumped on, and in all cases, my story would just peter out because I didn't know where to take it. And so I have found...

I just got a dartboard in RL. It's not an easy game to play if you've never played it before. However, my understanding is that every pub in Great Britain has a dartboard, at least that's what it appears to be the case from TV shows and movies. It's a good game to test a player character's...

Well...what?

Armwrestling, or that game where you take a dagger and stab around your fingers very quickly. Darts is also good.

The kind of people you want in your group are "broken glass" people, people who will play D&D consistently, every week, even if they have to walk on their bare feet over broken glass to do it. I have such a group, including one man who has had to fight his girlfriend over the issue, because she...

I, too, lost interest in video games, but I have never lost interest in table top roleplaying games. I had to wait until my kids were old enough to play though, because it is difficult to find people my age who have the time or inclination to play. I am 51-years-old by the way, and we will be...

But I'm not allowed to start a thread about the Communist country I had in my world. Because that's -- political.

OK, I was being a dick. But here's the thing, if you're doing a podcast you've got to be careful. You can't tell someone to commit murder in RL, even if everyone knows you're joking. There's just a one in a million chance that one of your listeners will take you up on it, actually murder...

My friends call me a "munchkin" because I like to kill, steal, search every room top to bottom for secret doors and hidden panels, and take every last bit of treasure rather than leave it behind for someone else to grab. They consider that an insult, but I don't see the problem. Isn't that the...

What can I do if an NPC refuses to give me his stuff? Can I just kill him and loot him?

Why is it called the "Player's Handbook"? It's a lot bigger than my hand.

Why is it called a "pen and paper" rpg? I always use a pencil.

Why is it called a "die" when there's one of them, but "dice" when there are more than one. Shouldn't we call them "dies"?