Gold, Fantasy, RPG, Dungeons & Dragons

World Building 6 – Economics and You(r World)

Let's step back from the heavy topics like race, culture, and sex/gender for a bit and talk about the always exciting world of economics! I'm not going to get into the sexy topics of trade wars among nations or rival guilds assassinating each other's leaders to gain control of a particular region's apple production (though those … Continue reading World Building 6 – Economics and You(r World)

Hit Me with Your One-Shot!

This post has been delayed a few weeks due to my hectic schedule over the past few weeks, but what I've been doing has helped me refine this post.  For those not following my personal Twitter, I've been participating in RPG Lab's Women in Tabletop Gaming Month event. I've participated in three panels and DMed … Continue reading Hit Me with Your One-Shot!

World Building 2: Just a Small Town Tale

In my first World Building post I talked about starting small - giving your world a name, a brief history, a cosmological sketch, and then mapping out a single country. In this example, I mapped the island nation of Kalibor, home of the Elves. Now, we're going to reduce the scale even more so that … Continue reading World Building 2: Just a Small Town Tale

Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Player TIps

My “Player’s Notebook”

Today, I'm going to share something that's a bit different. I'm not going to talk about world building or advice for Dungeon Masters/Game Masters or even social issues in tabletop gaming. Instead, I'm going to give players tips on something that has helped me be a better player and more engaged with the story and … Continue reading My “Player’s Notebook”