Category: TTRPGs
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Running Tales of Equestria for a newbie child
This past month, I visited my elementary school-aged nibling who loves board games. They had previously received a copy of the Tales of Equestria Starter Set, a TTRPG set in the world of My Little Pony. Of course I enjoy playing board games with them, but I was thrilled to play Tales of Equestria and…
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Ways to Role Dice for More Suspense in TTRPGs
Players and GMs have fretted for decades about worldbuilding, backstory, voices, character death, and so many other details about playing roleplaying games. However, I suspect that most GMs haven’t thought twice about how they roll dice and, specifically, how they narrate and prompt for dice rolls. I’m not saying that you’re rolling dice wrong, but…
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Rules-light D&D: A Perspective from Dungeon World
I suspect that that many Daggerheart players come from D&D 5e. Not only is it the most popular TTRPG out there, it’s also the primary system for Critical Role campaigns and the most apt comparison for Daggerheart. However, Daggerheart distinguishes itself from 5e in many ways, one of which is to take a more rules-light…