You may not realize it but there are ways in which you are ruining your DM’s campaign that you should stop doing.
Author Archives: Sean D. Francis
D&D — Are You Making Initiative Too Complicated?
Hi, I’m Sean D. Francis and I’ve run RPGs since the early 80s. I do not pretend to have immense amounts of experience in game design, player psychology, or anything like that. I do not have revolutionary ideas on how to change games to make them better, in fact I err on the side of …
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No Spend September – Meal Planning
Hey, so my wife and I are doing this thing called No Spend September. Is it really a thing beyond our house? I have no idea. Doesn’t matter. This is the gist of what is going on. We had an expensive summer. I went on wild tech buying sprees (buying WordPress themes and plugins, buying …
How to Write a Memorable Adventure for a Fantasy Roleplaying Game | Part 2 of 2
In the first part of How to Write a Memorable Adventure for a Fantasy Roleplaying Game, I discussed how to start creating an adventure for a fantasy roleplaying game.  I discussed how to take a basic story idea and begin the process of fleshing it out by asking and answering questions regarding the idea. I …
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How to Write a Memorable Adventure for a Fantasy Roleplaying Game | Part 1 of 2
All gamemasters have struggled from time to time with writing adventures their players will tell tale of on those long winter nights sitting around the hearth fire with their grandchildren. There’s no shame in it. I was 14 years old, captivated by the complicated maps and lengthy descriptions in the original Ravenloft adventure my friend …
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17 Gamemaster Tips the Manuals Won’t Tell You
Ready for the full on geek? I’ve been a Game Master of roleplaying games since the term GM related specifically being a Dungeon Master. From old school dungeon crawls to post-modern Storytelling, I’ve done it all and have roleplaying game books from more game systems than I can remember. I took a decade break from …
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