Travel Check: Thoughts on running and playing TTRPGs

Boxed Text: Auldir, the Sacred Cave

Deep in a forested glen, a cave brimming with aether lies just outside of a firbolg village.

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Dylan Wolf
Evolution of a Gamemaster: Ideas are cheap, execution is priceless

Being able to refine an idea into something usable is better than coming up with a really compelling idea.

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Dylan Wolf
Boxed Text: Into the Westwood

Adventurers leave a well-traveled road, hoping to sneak into a locked-down city from the surrounding forest

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Dylan Wolf
Narrow Worldviews Lead to Bad Writing

If you can’t put yourself in other people’s heads, you won’t be able to put yourself in your NPCs’ heads.

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Dylan Wolf
Boxed Text: Gathering Information about Rissimo

Adventurers ask around, hoping to find a way to sneak into a city under Imperial lockdown

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Dylan Wolf
Plan Complex Events with a GM Timeline

NPCs in long-term campaigns often do a lot of scheming off-camera; this tool helps quickly understand where that intersects with the players’ story.

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Dylan Wolf
Boxed Text: Coal Creek

A fictionalized version of a real southern town in the mountains of east Tennessee, perfect for horror games.

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Dylan Wolf
Organizing TTRPG Groups with Surveys

Planning can often result in talking in circles; surveys let you cut through the confusion.

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Dylan Wolf
Boxed Text: Helgard, Town of Mages

A seaside town in the frozen north where a small mages college resides

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Dylan Wolf
Gamemastering for Introverts

Know your strengths and your limitations; plan the important stuff during GM prep so you don’t get flustered while wrangling players.

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Dylan Wolf