Make Dungeon Master Prep Theater of the Mind | The No-Prep Game Master Let’s face it, we don’t have time to spend hours preparing for a D&D session and then spend hours playing D&D another night during the week. We have to put food on the table. We have spouses and families. We have to […]
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7-S59YL23FU With an IMDb rating of 6.0, that episode is “The Loss.” It is the 10th episode of the 4th season and originally aired on December 31, 1990. The Enterprise is caught in a field of two-dimensional creatures and, as a result, Counselor Troi loses her empathic abilities. “The Loss” gets a
It has an IMDb rating of 5.8 and is entitled “Masks.” It originally aired on February 21, 1994, and is the 17th episode of the seventh and final season of The Next Generation. The Enterprise encounters an 87-million-year-old rogue comet, which turns out to be a device that holds the history of an entire civilization.
The addition of character backgrounds in D&D has aided players in creating dynamic characters. But the list of D&D backgrounds hasn’t ground much recently. However, there is a new resource available to help spark your creativity even more. The Noble Book of Humble Origins – D&D Backgrounds Looking for unique backgrounds to give your new
A d100 table for 5e is an amazing tool for dungeon masters. Random tables can save dungeon masters tons of time and enrich game sessions at the same time. I create random tables to help DMs, so here is a collection of my work. I have hundreds of tables for 5e. Free D100 D&D Random
D&D novels have shared extreme popularity with the tabletop role-playing game for decades. Even at specific points in the game’s history, the novels were actually the money-makers in the business. Many of the Dungeons and Dragons novels hit the New York Time Bestsellers list. If you haven’t read any of the books here’s the best
Looking up rules during an RPG session can be tricky. It can also be a huge waste of time, so you have to keep in mind the balance of rules and fun at the table. Never Look Up Rules at the Table? “Never look up rules at the table” is common dungeon master and game
Black Hack vs. Whitehack! The Black Hack and the Whitehack are a couple of the best D&D retro clones. We are going to take a quick look at both of these role-players. In recent years, basic D&D has inspired many takes on fantasy tabletop role-playing. Writers and game designers have been tinkering with original rules
Writing for tabletop RPGs can be a greatly rewarding experience. However, many game masters, role-players, and writers have no idea where to start. I decided to write up a quick list of a few resources to help anyone out there who wants to write for role-playing games. There are numerous small publishers one could write
DM: The fog unspools like a serpent. The night is cold. The loneliness of this place weaves into your bones. It is about the witching hour as you first glimpse the— Player One: Did you say twitching? DM: Umm… No. As you first glimpse the mouth of the cave— Player Two: The show I watched
Dungeons and Dragons 4e PDFs are now available on DriveThruRPG. Dungeons and Dragons 4e was released in 2008 and didn’t exactly resonate with the tabletop role-playing community. However, if you are interested in this edition, you are in luck. Wizards of the Coast has released dozens and dozens of D&D 4e in PDFs. Whether you
Dungeons and Dragons 3e PDFs and D&D 3.5 PDFs are now available for purchase. D&D’s third edition was the beginning of the Wizards of the Coast era. The company that created Dungeons and Dragons TSR was going bankrupt and Wizard of the Coast bought the company in 1997. D&D 3e also ditched the “advanced” from
Dungeons and Dragons 2e PDFs or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Second Edition PDFs are now available. In 1989, the 2nd edition of AD&D took over as the main D&D torchbearer and ushered in a whole new era of fantasy role-playing. Soon after the fever pitch of D&D novel publishing would reach new heights. If you
Dungeons and Dragons 1e or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons is perhaps the most iconic edition of the role-playing game. Now, all the PDFs of the 1e D&D books are available. Around the time AD&D was published, Dungeons and Dragons became a household name. A Saturday morning cartoon would follow plus a nearly unending stream of
Basic Dungeons and Dragons or D&D Basic/Expert Editon (B/X ed.) was the mainstay of D&D for years. In recent years, Moldvay D&D (after designer Tom Moldvay) has become a common name for Basic D&D that existed alongside Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. There was also a version of Basic published in 1977 called Holmes D&D after
