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New Video: How to Run a “Road Trip” Campaign?

Greetings, mortals. This year’s Monster Week is all about the Fey. And the current number 1 most popular Anime, just happens to be about an Elf. Which means, I was just given an excuse to make my latest hyper-obsession into everyone else’s problem. Frieren is part of the oldest storytelling traditions of all: road trip…

A New Way to Classify Magic Items

D&D has a tradition of classifying magic items based on what they look like: weapons, armors, wands, rings, and… wondrous items (aka “everything else”, from tattoos to paintbrushes to hats) But I find it way more useful to think of magic items in terms of what they bring to your campaign. So in this month’s…

Steal my D&D Campaign

Hi! This month’s video is all about campaign structure – I go through the process I went with to put together a 3-year long D&D campaign, and talk about the techniques you can use to ensure your players will care, and questions you need to ask yourself to make it all hold together. Here’s the…

What Makes a Great RPG Town?

Hi! In this month’s video, we take a trip through the past, present and future of RPG town design, by talking about Hommlet, Phandalin, and… Two other towns, which show us what the state of the art might look like in 15 years! After all, these towns are what our adventurers are supposed to protect,…

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