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As a GM, the fantasy creatures you add to your gaming sessions are your characters and for this reason probably the most important aspect of the game as well as the one that can give you the most pleasure. In practice and as a player, I’ve seen even the best GM’s floundering with their creations [...]

I recently put up a post about roleplaying names and talked about online name generators without going into depth. I thought I’d share with you some links I use and some I’ve found that are all based around historical cultures or their meaning. Name Generators with History and Meaning Behind the Name does not have a massive [...]

Here are some more name generators in the context of my recent article about roleplaying names. This time I have collected together those with a fantasy theme. The Bards Tales appears to be very popular and therefore should feature in my list. I however am not a huge fan. Whilst this generator does provide a [...]

Coming up with plausible names for characters, NPCs and even the villages, towns and cities in a scenario or campaign can be a bit of a bind. I love to think I have a creative mind but I often go blank when faced with this challenge. When you think about it, the roleplaying names used [...]

This Sunday’s poll is about you and your games. Where do they take place, who with and how often? How often do you Roleplay? Every week (64%, 21 Votes) Every month (27%, 9 Votes) Every two or three days (6%, 2 Votes) Every day (3%, 1 Votes) Total Voters: 33  Loading ... How many do you normally play with? Three or four (58%, 19 [...]

Some further points concerning wizards cropped up this weekend in an interesting thread on the RPGNet forums started by Count_Rugen. I posted my thoughts on wizards a few weeks ago including how I voluntarily limited myself to the unfashionable Necromancy School for my character Corvell. The thread on RPGNet asked for readers views on ranking the [...]

The best of this week’s RPG blogs. Great advice from RPG Centric on How to talk to non-gamers about playing RPGs though personally I think Tip #1 applies just as well when talking to gamers. DND Corner ponders on the most vital question of our time What is the Perfect DnD Snack Food? The Recursion King suggests some [...]

Staying in character is perhaps the hardest part of roleplaying and after many years gaming I still find it hard, especially when confronted with a brain teasing challenge. Here are my tips for staying in character. Tip #1 - It’s all in the plan! Roleplaying begins with character generation and that usually starts with a [...]

When I sit and ponder the games I am involved in, a lot of the time is invariably given over to considering the relationships my characters have with others in the game world. Whether it is about understanding the plot or deciding what direction to take, I spend far more time on this than planning [...]

Thursday night’s game session was canceled due to Pete having the flu so I found myself with an unexpectedly spare evening. One quick trip down to the video store later and I was settling down to watch Cloverfield. After a fairly boring 20 minutes spent establishing the characters the movie suddenly kicks off and at [...]