Obviously when you think about role playing games you think about the father of them all – Dungeons & Dragons. Many people already have the notion that there is no rpg unless there are dungeons. This doesn’t mean that dungeons are necessary. In fact, there can be quite a divide as to people that find [...]
RPG Basics
RPG Basics: Building a Dungeon
by The RPG Guy
RPG Basics: How to choose your Gaming Space for your RPG?
by The RPG Guy
So, as stated before, you need to have a place (in-person or remotely) for playing your RPG of choice. Obviously, if you want to game, you game anywhere you want. In fact, if you’re having fun in the most terrible of playing conditions, then more power to ya’. You’re already doing something right! :-) However, [...]
RPG Basics: The Necessities of an RPG
by The RPG Guy
You don’t need races. You don’t need classes. You don’t need miniatures. If you think that you do need these things then no doubt you are playing a gaming system that requires these mechanics in order for it to work properly. I’m going to tell you though. The system’s wrong. Think with me for a moment – [...]
RPG Basics: Items
by The RPG Guy
The RPG Basics continue with… Items. You have the story, the characters and everything else… but nothing for them to have or get! Well, items are an important aspect of any RPG. You can’t have a role playing game without having items! Otherwise, it’s gonna be pretty lame-sauce… and we don’t like lame-sauce, do we [...]
The RPG Basics continue with… Storytelling. At its roots, roleplaying is storytelling, so this talent is important! And we all know that you wear a lot of hats simultaneously. You’re rolling the dice to check for impending doom, you’re giving a judgement call to something in the rules, DJ’ing the background music, while mixing in [...]
