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.

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...

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

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...

I grew up playing TTRPGs (tabletop role-playing games, for those outside the hobby), slinging dice with my friends in my parents'...