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Some new friends I made have connected me with some other folks who really want to play D&D more often. So tonight I'm running a one-shot, both just for fun and to see if there's potential for a new ongoing group. I'm taking an adventure I created pre-pandemic and adjusting it to be run in a...

I'm a forever DM who is really struggling to put together a new D&D (or other RPG) group after moving to Atlanta three years ago. Part of it is the struggle of trying to schedule anything while also having a three year old child. Part of it is that we live in a pretty tiny house with no sound...

There's a book my son loved called 'The Skull' by Jon Klassen. It's a folk tale in which a girl runs away from home to a castle where she befriends a talking skull. The only problem is that every night a headless skeleton comes to the castle, trying to capture the skull. I thought this would...

At some point in the next few months I'm going to be starting a new campaign. When I start a new campaign, I like to create the setting collaboratively with the players, and even come up with campaign and adventure arcs together. (I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but collaboration like...

I'm between campaigns right now, so I like to play a little game where I ask myself, "If I were running a new campaign tomorrow, what would I do?" I came up with a campaign structure idea in which the characters strike it rich in the first adventure, and then the rest of the campaign is all...

Problem: The players in my groups almost never use their potions. They stockpile healing potions, potions of flight, poisons, etc. No matter the stakes of a combat, potions are rarely, if ever, brought out and used. Even changing consuming potions to a bonus action has not increased their use...

I met a couple recently who likes playing D&D, and they asked if I'd run a one-shot. It took about three months to find a date (life with kids is tough!), but finally last night I ran a one-shot D&D game for them and it went great! I wanted to collect my thoughts about what went well and reflect...

The AV Club has a great little article about visceral experiences at the movie theater. What are your most memorable movie theater experiences? The ones when the movie hits just right, your emotional state is just right, and you are totally carried away? For me, the movie theater experiences...

I was linked to this article, which I found really fascinating: Using Public Domain Art in Tabletop Game Design I think it's an interesting read and resource, especially with the current discourse around AI art. There are a lot of images that would look great in an RPG book, or that could be...

I'm in a Science Fiction and Fantasy book club. The last few books we read happened to be pretty depressing, and so I'm looking for a way to switch things up. I have always been curious about Solarpunk and other adjacent, more hopeful sci fi, but I know little about the actual books in the...

I have no idea why this came up in my mind, but last night I started assignment my furniture alignments. What are the alignments of three pieces of furniture you have, and why? (PS: anyone who says Neutral, Neutral, Neutral will have to face my Chaotic Evil toaster.) Refrigerator - Lawful Good...

Comic Sans: gnome bard who specialized in childish jokes. Impact: warforged barbarian who rushes and crushes enemies. Helvetica: tiefling warlock who takes a lot of care with their appearance. Your turn!

I saw these great armors made of animals (or just designed like them) at the Fernbank Museum in Atlanta today. What mundane or magical benefits do you think they should grant?

A discussion in another thread made me start brainstorming fun (and not stereotypical) ways to design "warlike" people in RPG settings. Orcs and Klingons may have been novel in their time, but the trope of an entire species sharing the quality of "warlike" is, at this point, a tired one. So...

Hi all, I'm planning a big trip with a bunch of gaming friends. We can obviously split into two groups to play D&D or other games, but I wanted to gather some ideas for RPGs that work well for 7 - 9 players. I do not think 5e, 4e, or 3e D&D or Pathfinder belong on this list. In my experience...

Hey all! This February I'm renting a cabin near the redwoods in Northern California and a bunch of my old gaming buddies and I are reuniting for a three-night get together. The plan is to hike during the day and play TTRPGs at night. It looks like, depending on the day, we will have between 6...

I play with a guy named Kevin who always comes up with amazing character names. In a FATE game about aliens and rebels, he had an alien spy named Jaguar Mirror. In a Dresden Files game set in San Francisco, he had a mystic street tough named Johnny Sausalito. In a long-term 5e game, he played...

Hey all, in this thread I was brainstorming ways to bring the "joy of prep" to Play to Find Out games like Ironsworn. Once I got a few ideas, I started coming up with a new campaign setting for the game. This is mostly just an exercise in fun, though I am planning on introducing some friends who...

Hi everyone, I've been mulling over something lately and wanted to collect some thoughts. I've really been enjoying running Ironsworn games for a small group of friends online, and I want to start running it offline as well. For those who don't know, Ironsworn is a game similar to Dungeon...

How much does news, announcements, or antics of Hasbro and WotC impact your feelings about D&D? 5 = a large impact 1 = a very tiny (or no) impact This thread isn't meant as an indictment or defense of Hasbro or WotC. I'm just curious how much people's enjoyment of D&D is impacted by these...