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 […]
OD&D or Dungeons & Dragons Original Edition or D&D 0e is where tabletop role-playing games began. Dungeons and Dragons grew out of war gaming but quickly became its own category of gaming. If you want to go back to the beginning to see where tabletop RPGs began or you want to relive the glory day
The Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn PDF is here! Enjoy the first D&D campaign setting from the mind of Matt Mercer. From the DriveThruRPG product description: “Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn is the definitive sourcebook for bringing the locations, people, creatures, and character options of Critical Role‘s Tal’Dorei continent to roleplaying games everywhere. An outstanding team of
DnD alignments have been around since the beginning but they are also controversial. Much ink has been spilled building up or tearing down alignments. One of the best breakdowns and explanations of DnD alignments I have ever read is The Major’s Guide to Alignment available on the DMs Guild. The concept of alignments has been
One of the wild and crazy things to be hatched and crawled into the light during the Open Game License and Wizards of the Coast saga was the mention of AI dungeon masters. I did a double take when I read the phrase: AI dungeon masters. To be completely honest, I hadn’t ever really thought
My Dungeon Crawl Classics character sheet collection. I’ve started gathering sheets and other DCC RPG resources. DCC is a D&D retroclone that harkens back to the days of old-school Dungeons and Dragons. It features 0-level characters and a death funnel to see which one of those characters survives to the 1st level. Keep scrolling for
Can you run D&D without prep? Do dungeon masters need to spend hours during the week preparing encounters and epic stories? Is there a dungeon master shortage because D&D is too difficult to run? Let’s dive into these questions, shall we? The answer to the first question is of course you can run a session
D&D has been cloned! What are the best D&D Retroclones? Whether you want to relive the glory days of the late 70s and early 80s or you want to learn the roots of the TTRPG hobby, D&D retro-clones are the answer. What the clones do is they take the original rules of D&D and rewrite
Making great dungeons or is it making dungeons great? Either way dungeon masters since at least 1974 have been been trying to run their players through the best dungeons. If you are running Dungeons and Dragons, great dungeons are key to your success as a dungeon master. fortunately awesome dungeons aren’t as complicated as some
Recent leaked changes to the D&D OGL have rocked the RPG world. Like many, I have no idea what to think about these changes to the Open Game License and what they will mean for Dungeons and Dragons, and WotC. However, I do know that the potential to disrupt RPG creators and third-party book publishers
Loot tables! D&D players love loot tables and dungeon masters love loot tables. Random tables of loot and mundane items help DMs save time and add details to sessions. They also give players fun items to add dimensions to their characters. I have created a number of loot and random tables some are free and
What are good D&D campaign plot ideas? Where can dungeon masters find them? First, let’s address a major concern. D&D campaign plot ideas and D&D campaign ideas are different things. DMs should never really think about plot. Plot happens when the protagonists of a story act. Since DMs have no idea what the player characters
Gifts for DnD players can be tricky. Dungeons and Dragons players are known to buy lots of items for themselves. However, selecting D&D gifts for holidays and birthdays doesn’t have to be stressful. I’ve created a simple list of gifts that any dungeon master or D&D player will enjoy and love for years to come.
Virtual tabletop gaming has exploded and with good reason. To continue playing tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons during the pandemic we all had to jump onto Virtual Tabletop platforms or VTTs. And with the increase of RPG play on VTTs, the need for dungeon maps, city maps, and other role-playing game resources for
D&D puzzle ideas! Dungeons are made, in many cases, by traps and puzzles. Dungeon masters can use puzzles and traps to create memorable RPG sessions for their players. Since that is the case, dungeon masters and game masters always need traps and puzzles on hand to use in RPG sessions. This list compiles outstanding resources
