RPG Mainframe

Presenting monsters in groups is cool, but even better is a 'set' of foes that present variable challenges all at once. Let's get into it.

I take a break from the usual and answer all kinds of reader mail.

All great games need motion in their intensity... something building up. This talk focuses on methods and ideas for that... the art of escalation.

This episode throws a blob of playable material your way, as our little goblin hero makes his way to a magical tower and (certain?) doom.

In this RPG talk, I get into using your own internal urges to guide creativity, rather than so-called 'ideas.' Get after it!

In this episode, I pontificate on three aspects of RPG creativity you just can't do without.

"If there is no death, there is no game." Handling player catastrophes with grace and skill.

The slow knife penetrates the shield! This episode talks about slowly cooking the intensity of your game, a thing worth the effort!

Take a deep dive with me into the oath featured in Index Card RPG. Be awesome, take the oath!

Don't just make a bunch of tunnels and rooms, give your next dungeon a potent theme using power words!