In the last years, video games have made popular the term “procedural generation” – and this is how it works at its most basic levels: a system where you have certain rules and frameworks, and a big database to draw from and fill the blanks.
Handling Online Battlemaps by cartographer Christian Zeuch
There are plenty of free maps that you can find and use online for your personal games.
Ask an expert: Emeka Ikechi’s cosplay photoshoot tips
Emeka Ikechi is Director of Vanity Studios, a contemporary studio for photoshoots in the centre of Shoreditch in London.
Freedom from Mechanics: Smoothing out your solo-RPG experience
Jacob White, the author of the indie project A Many Tale, which began life as a solo-RPG shares some wisdom and learnings around escaping from mechanics and smoothing out kinks from your solo experience.
The Next Level: 3D & Multidimensional Board Games
Multidimensional board games add one (or more) levels to the traditional, flat playing field.
Maps, Meteorology & Magic: Don’t begin your next quest without a weather check
When you sojourned through your last RPG session, did mountains help or hamper you? What about a freak snowstorm? Were a river’s rapids gentle and shallow or Class 5 widow-makers?
RPG Tips: 5 ways to hook players into a dark murder mystery
But how do you get players interested in a challenge that can’t be dealt with steel or silver weapons?
The best Halloween 5e D&D one-shots for an utterly terrifying game night
Looking for some inspiration this Halloween? We’ve pulled together the best 5e D&D one-shots for a terrifying game night with your favorite people.
11 Crime & Mystery board games, ranked from best to worst
Crime and mystery games include elements of deduction, skill, luck – and usually, deception. If you want to know how well you really read other players, try these games next.
RPGs & Mental Health: A RPG designer on social anxiety
You know, they’re just as nervous as you are… even more so”
