New Online Role-playing Resource added – Uncle Figgy’s Guides

While this is a new addition to my small but growing list of online role-playing resources the guides have been posted for a while. Uncle Figgy has been gaming since 1982 and in 1998 put his first guide online, Uncle Figgy’s Guide to Good GameMastering. I’ve read it and it contains some really good thoughts…

Now Online – Roleplaying Tips E-Zine Issue #306

Issue #306 of the Role-playing Tips E-zine is now online – Changing the Rules is now online contains: CONTENTS: –> A Brief Word From Isaac –> This Week’s Tips: 1. Consensus – Establish The Need 2. Do Some Homework 3. Work Out The Basics 4. Analyze Their Impact 5. Write Up The New Rules 6….

Encounter Idea 14 – The Know-it-all

This week’s entry in our role-playing encounter idea collection is the ‘Know-it-all’. Almost everyone has met this type of individual, no matter what the question they have an answer for it along with a (usually lengthy) explantion of why their answer is correct. They also have a gift for coming up with a story to…

Improving Your Storytelling – Act the part

At this point you’re probably thinking, “what does this all have to do with improving my storytelling when my role-playing group gets together?” While it is true that I haven’t touched on what most writers and gamers would expect in this group of posts, these topics are very important because storytelling isn’t just the story,…

Now Online – Roleplaying Tips E-Zine Issue #305

Issue #305 of the Role-playing Tips E-zine is now online – Getting Player Feedback is now online and the issue contains: CONTENTS: –> A Brief Word From Leslie –> This Week’s Tips: 1. Ask For An NPC List 2. Ask For Sub-Plots 3. Ask For Plot Arcs 4. Ask For Boundaries 5. Resolving Contradictory Plot…

Encounter Idea 13 – The Ghost

So here we are at role-playing encounter idea number 13, one fourth of the way there! This week’s encounter idea is ‘The Ghost.’ This idea can spark many role-playing opportunities provided of course that you give the ghost the ability to communicate with the group beyond a simple moaning sound. To start things off you…