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Collaborative Mechanics Recap Vol 4

From the Diary of Rakasha: Bear with me. You’ve been with me this long that I’m sure you know why the full moon is a big deal to me. I can recount the events of the day but I’m afraid my memory of the...

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Collaborative Mechanics Vol 5 Part 1

From the Diary of Rakasha   It’s strange. I may have had some control last night…if it was only for a brief fleeting moment. I was talking with Tally, I can’t recall the exact words but I held a...

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Telling Tales: Marvel Heroic Roleplay

Last time on Telling Tales, I mentioned that I was writing up a one-shot adventure to run for the Marvel RPG (the new one, not the old TSR one). This week, I’m going to use the two demo sessions I ran...

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Collaborative Mechanics Recap Vol 5 Part 2

From the Diary of Rakasha Continued: The innkeeper was on duty and when asked why he told us they take shifts. He would mediate during the mid-evening meditation. I took the bullet and asked what he...

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Telling Tales: Player Agency

In my article about keeping your villains alive, I mentioned that it’s a bad idea to rob your players of agency. But what the heck does “player agency” even mean? Well, it’s the heart and soul of...

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Telling Tales: Tips for the Watcher

I’ve already made plain my love of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying. From the moment I first got into the playtest, I’ve wanted to play it as much as possible. Unfortunately for my heroic ambitions, the task...

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Collaborative Mechanics Vol 6

Another entry from Rakasha: Salahudeen (the samurai) and Kryss finally regained consciousness. Razma finally spoke to me. I don’t know what took them so long, but I was glad my brother was here. I went...

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Telling Tales: Setting as Character

In the first volume of Lord of the Rings, the Fellowship begins its dangerous trek to Mordor. The first major obstacle is to cross the Misty Mountains; after much deliberation, the party decides to...

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Telling Tales: Backgrounds in D&D Next

Chuck and I talked about D&D Next in our little video-cast way back in July, but I haven’t said much about it since then. Chalk that up to lack of time rather than lack of interest; D&D Next...

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Telling Tales: What Is an Encounter?

A lot of the DMing I’ve been doing lately has been part of the D&D Encounters program. Traditionally, these mini-adventures have consisted of one fight each week, with ancillary roleplay...

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