Category: RPG

5 Questions for Boss Fights

Post author By thevttdm
Post date July 2, 2024
Categories In Dungeons and Dragons, General DMing, General RPG, RPG

I’ve been working hard, very hard, on prepping a fight with the big bad evil guy (“BBEG” in RPG lingo) in my Dungeons and Dragons game. I’ve spent at least the same amount of time preparing this encounter as I would on three regular sessions. I am fully prepared for all that work to be […]

In Defense (Sorta’) of Railroading

Post author By thevttdm
Post date May 5, 2024
Categories In Dungeons and Dragons, General DMing, General RPG, RPG

First, I don’t condone straight up railroading. But if done right “railroading” isn’t so bad. It’s complicated. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ For an example of what I’m talking about, let’s look at a WotC, published, Dungeons and Dragons campaign: Tyranny of Dragons. Tyranny of Dragons was initially published as two campaign books: Hoard of the Dragon Queen and […]