Heading into 2025, I’m leaning into these eight strategies to create games that are more fun and exciting for both me and my players.

Part IV: Mid-Campaign Narrative This blog series teaches new and returning Dungeon Masters how to run the Dragon of Icespire Peak (DoIP)...

A popular bone of contention is discussions of game mastering advice is around the concept of rulings versus rules. It has sparked many a...

Ben Riggs is a tabletop RPG historian and author of the excellent and well-researched book, Slaying the Dragon: a Secret History of...

On January 23rd, I had the opportunity to speak with Ben about his book, and about his predictions about the future of the TTRPG hobby.

Planescape, the latest campaign setting published for Dungeons & Dragons, is the strangest, most boundary-stretching campaign setting...

Introducing Dragons from Scratch, a new show from GM Cellar on improvising when playing tabletop role-playing games like D&D...

Friends, it's that goodly time of year again... no, not the time where we drink all the bubbly things... okay, well, yes, it is that too....

Check out "Kids Book Tunes." It's the most creative project I ever made and I promise it's the weirdest thing you'll hear all week...

Music is a significant part of my emotional life. As an author, I use music to evoke the emotional theme and tone I'm trying to capture...

31,538 words! I call this #nanowrimo a win. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the annual event in which aspiring authors around...

New Adventures Levels 1-3 This blog series teaches new and returning Dungeon Masters how to run the Dragon of Icespire Peak (DoIP)...

Note: the following blog post contains spoilers for Pierce Brown's Red Rising. If you prefer a spoiler-free review, check out the in-line...

One of the things I love about fantasy and sci-fi (and science fantasy) is how prominent a role setting plays in establishing the theme,...

Online communities are filled with discussion of subgenres like the aptly-named romantacy and YA dystopia. So why is no one talking about...

One of the toughest things to do in writing is cutting words you love and leaving them behind. When I undertook to restructure and...

With the release of the print version of When Stars Move & Other Stories, there's been a renewed interest from readers in the title...

The namesake of the "Dying Earth" subgenre, Tales of the Dying Earth is one of the most important influences in the science fantasy genre.

Campaign Narrative and the First Adventure This blog series teaches new and returning Dungeon Masters how to run the Dragon of Icespire...

Part 1: Planning the Campaign Series Introduction This series is intended to introduce running Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) games as a new...