Author: Jason D. Wood
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Should player character death be a possibility?
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Many of you have been writing and tweeting, asking how the Chasing the Dragon project is going. Well, we’re five sessions into The Village of Hommlet and we’ve got two…
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Learning from Gary Gygax: Gaming Variety
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This blog is the second in a series inspired by Michael Witwer’s Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. You might be surprised to learn…
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How can you keep your players engaged and excited?
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What was the last movie that you saw? I’m ashamed to say it was Ted. Yes, the Mark Wahlberg movie with Peter Griffin talking for a foul-mouthed, pot-smoking teddy bear. …
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Learning from Gary Gygax: Consistency
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Reading is one of the best things any gamer can do. Especially GMs. It’s hard to be creative in output, when you’re not taking in creative input. Every night when…
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What Adventure Should You Run?
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D&D 5th Edition is finally coming of age. If you’re a DM just getting into the game (like myself), you have a short time before you hit option overload. The…
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Does growing up mean giving up gaming?
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“Fantasy as a cultural phenomenon felt vaguely unsettling to me. I wondered if pervasive escapism had infantilized an entire generation.” So began a quest for Ethan Gilsdorf, journalist and geek…
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When work follows you to the gaming table…
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I’m sure you’re familiar with the popular sitcom, The Office, whether in its British or American versions. They’re both excellent, for the record. Regardless, it’s a story of people who…
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Get your game on the table!
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What’s that over there on your shelf? You know, the dusty game you bought a while back that never seems to make it onto the table! Wait, what’s that? Nobody…
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The DMs Guide to Session Planning
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DMs, do your players always take the path of most resistance? Or are they content to sit in the local tavern for four solid hours, roleplaying and digging up so…
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Life, Love, Gaming, and Guilt
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Have you ever found yourself feeling guilty at the game table? I’m not talking about the lawful good paladin who is appalled at his colleagues activities. I’m not even talking…
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Your PCs Need a Mr. Miyagi
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If you’re looking for a new game, you’ve got a problem on your hands. And the problem isn’t scarcity–no, quite the opposite! The number of tabletop games available in 2016…
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I don’t always use grid maps, but when I do…
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This is the fourth post in a series on responsible and affordable AD&D shopping. This one goes out to the GMs in the crowd. Let’s be honest. You’ve got a…
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AD&D: Embrace the Imbalance
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AD&D is imbalanced. There, I said it. The classes are imbalanced. The races are imbalanced. Many of the monsters feel imbalanced. Everything about the game reeks of imbalance. But is…
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Budget-Friendly Nostalgia: Miniatures
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This is the third post in a series on responsible and affordable AD&D shopping. It was one of the scenes with the greatest foreshadowing in “Stranger Things”: when Mike slammed down the…
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The Mad Cleric Needs Your Help!
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This blog is for you. I write and podcast week-in and week-out to benefit your gaming and, thereby, your life. So I want to know how I can help you…