How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less

Just as I decide to do NaNoWriMo, I start spinning out another campaign setting, this time a desert ruins exploration deal, in the style of ...

Now I really want to write a novel (or something) called Saturday's Warrior. This is unfortunate. It puts me in mind of a character. Th...

There are no stupid questions. Only questions that tend not to edification. "Snakes are basically the funniest animals ever. Except may...

Hey, here's a metaphor: DMing is like directing a movie with no script. And the actors all have guns. Okay, so it's actually a simil...

Anyone else been keeping up on the Watson debacle? (If you haven't been, check out Watson to Africa: You're All Dumb. Lots of nice...

It turns out that Qwerty-iu-whatsit's music type stuff is actually pretty awesome. So check it out. Unless you hate techno. Or Newgroun...

I have a new favorite book: Spacehawk, Inc. by Ron Goulart. It's about Kip Bundy, Space Engineer! He builds robots, mostly, and has to ...

Anyone seen the ads the UUA is running in Time Magazine? They're pretty nifty. There's also a video that's worth checking ou...

I'm of the opinion that every game master should write at least one novel. Or make at least one movie. Or one comic book. Or video game....

Warlock. Uh-huh. Let me break it down like this: I don't want to play bad guys. I don't want to play "tortured souls." If...

Please. Please, oh please. Let there never be a giant freaking spider in my pajamas ever again. That would make me so incredibly happy.

This post-all-the-campaign-notes-on-the-blog project is starting to give me ideas. Crazy ideas. Build-a-campaign-on-a-blog ideas. Jeff Rien...

Occasionally I hear D&D described as "like writing a novel." Or GMing as something that GMs do because they can't hack it ...

Adventurers explore ancient ruins in a land of giants. The gods wage complex socio-political warfare. By blowing each other's #%&! u...

After analyzing your answers with state-of-the-art medieval fantastic psychology profiling tools, Dungeon Mastering is confident that your ...

You don't get frost giants if you don't get Monster Manual N? What? They think, people are going to be more likely to buy Monster Ma...

Next campaign, no over-arching mega-plot. Firefly style mission-based adventuring, old-school wander-into-trouble adventuring, whatever. Bu...

Here's an example of the technique I (sort of) described yesterday. I wrote down these notes a few days after the first session. Roughl...

When I GM, the first thing I want to know is: what do the players want? The second thing is: what do the characters want? If I show the play...

Feeling the need to run a horror game. The trouble with that is that I have no idea where to start. Call of Cthulu? I've heard of peopl...