Guillotine is by far one of my favorite card games. Although it can be played with up to 5 people I prefer playing it with 2. Guillotine is my go to game when I have some time to kill (pun intended) and want a quick and easy two person game […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Playing rpgs over the years I’ve always been interested in finding ways to speed up combat encounters. For many rpgs the primary way to gain experience is to fight things, as a result, combat sessions are necessary to move the campaign along. There are many ways to make the tasks involved during […]
Speed up combat encounters
Quill is a letter writing roleplaying game where the pen is mightier than the sword. Instead of a traditional hack and slash rpg you are tasked with writing a five paragraph letter in hopes of achieving a favorable response. You are presented with a scenario that requires a written response in […]
Quill: A Letter Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player
When starting a new campaign one of the first questions that inevitably comes up is …how did your player characters meet? Trying to piece together how everyone knows one another isn’t usually the most exciting aspect of kicking off a new adventure. However, if done correctly, bonds between player characters can help immerse players more deeply into the […]
How did your player characters meet?
A few months ago I was flipping through my player’s handbook and noticed the first few pages pulling away from the binding near the bottom of the book. After a couple more weeks of my player’s handbook falling apart, it became clear I needed to do something. Each time I used my book I’d […]
Player’s Handbook Falling Apart
In my current campaign one of the players decided to play a Divination Wizard. Just like our very own fortune teller, the wizard has been helping us piece together snippets of past, present and future. After a couple sessions, I realized using tarot with the Divination Wizard would come in handy to give more detail to […]