Divinations from the Collective
Metagaming: What it is and How to Avoid Doing it as a Player
A frequent bane of the tabletop gaming community, especially Dungeons and Dragons, is the metagamer. A quick perusal of almost any TTRPG forum or g...
Types of Maps and Terrain for Tabletop RPGs
There are a lot of pros and cons to playing DnD online versus in-person, not least among those being the ease with which you can make and use grid ...
Superhero TTRPGs for a Comic Book Campaign
These days, it feels like superheroes are everywhere. Comic books are easier than ever to track down online. Graphic novels are gaining acknowledge...
Types of Historical Daggers to Flavor Your Weapons and Equipment as in 5e DnD
Almost as long as humans have existed, we’ve had knives in some form or another. As a utility and as a weapon, daggers are one of the most prolific...
How to Make Cheap, Custom Dice (Without Resin)
Currently, one of the biggest trends in the craftier tabletop circles is custom dice making. The hobby (and profession) emerged with the rise of re...
In Defense of Human Fighters - Why D&Ds Most 'Boring' Class-Race Combo Remains so Popular
When the early access for Baldur’s Gate 3 (the most recent installation of Dungeons and Dragons’ preeminent videogame series) opened, it was soon f...
What’s the Best Way to Learn Dungeons and Dragons?
Dungeons and Dragons has a bit of a learning curve. Less so with more recent editions, but even when learning 5th Edition, it can take a while to f...
Why does Dungeons and Dragons Use So Many Different Dice?
A lot of new members of the tabletop gaming world enter through play of Dungeons and Dragons – it’s the most visible, and probably also the most pr...
Dice Towers: How to Make Rolling More Interesting
The most basic function of any tabletop rpg is the rolling of dice. It’s a simple action, but a necessary one – without it, you’re basically just L...
The Function of Each Die in Dungeons and Dragons Dice Set
Tabletop gamers love their dice.
It’s not an exaggeration – these many-sided math cubes are a staple of the tabletop community, regardless of game...
Including Time Travel in Your Tabletop Game
It appears in sci-fi, fantasy, steampunk, horror - practically every non-realistic genre you could ever think of. The ability to move through time, to see the future or experience the past, has captured the human imagination for centuries.
What Makes Ravenloft so Iconic?
Just recently, Wizards of the Coast released Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft, a worldbuilding sourcebook for Dungeons and Dragons 5e.
It expands o...
