DM/Player Tip: Improve Your Improv By Focusing on Static Knowledge

One of the most thrilling parts about our hobby is the organic way each game can fly off the rails at any given moment. Negotiations with a baron or guard captain escalate into a "run for the hills" chase scene, and perusing a library shifts into a Mission Impossible-esque stealth mission after your Rogue learns … Continue reading DM/Player Tip: Improve Your Improv By Focusing on Static Knowledge

Player Tip: So You Want to Try a Roleplaying Game?

Unlike my previous DM/GM articles, this one goes out to the players. I'm going to start from the very beginning, for those who are thinking about starting a roleplaying game for the very first time. To clarify, when I say roleplaying game, I'm talking about rule-sets like Dungeons&Dragons, Call of Cthulu, Pathfinder, Hunter: The Reckoning, … Continue reading Player Tip: So You Want to Try a Roleplaying Game?