Your game can have more encounters and challenges than just fighting monsters. By utilizing skill challenges, you give your players a new way to look at their skills and prioritize creativity and problem-solving.
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How to Share Information with Your Players
If you want to run an exciting and engaging game, it's important to know how to communicate with your players and keep them invested. We discuss how to be an effective communicator and a great Game Master!
5 Encounter Templates for any Dungeon
Stuck on building out your dungeon? Use these templates to build out your encounters for an adventuring day.
Are You a Fan of Your Players?
Are you a fan of your players? Do you celebrate their successes? Or do you announce their defeat with glee?
The 10 Commandments of Game Design (as told by Warren Spector)
These are the only 10 commandments you need to run games like a legend.
Why Is That Trap There? 10 Reasons For Traps, Puzzles, and More
The real justification for traps and puzzles are the friends we made along the way.
You're Mapping Your Dungeon Wrong
Dungeon mapping doesn’t have to be a slog of endless hallways!
10 Rules for Creating a Dungeon
We go over ten important rules for creating dungeons and ensuring that they are blast to adventure in.
10 Ways To Keep Your Players From Resting
We go over 10 ways to keep your party from just resting after every encounter.
Investigation vs Perception - Comparing Skill Checks
When is the best time to use Investigation? Is Perception really better for everything?