Over the past couple of months I've written articles defining adventure types – how we prep them, how we run them, what pitfalls we might run into, and how to mitigate those pitfalls. These articles include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration and Travel Missions and Quest Chains Defense Roleplay and Intrigue Combat Mashups or the Undefined Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG inspired my thoughts on this topic. Know the Rules then Break the Rules Now that we've defined adventure types, it's time ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at types of adventures and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid these pitfalls. These articles include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration and Travel Missions and Quest Chains Defense Roleplay and Intrigue Combat Mashups or the Undefined Your own adventure types and how you run them may differ from mine. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at types of adventures and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid these pitfalls. These articles include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration and Travel Missions and Quest Chains Defense Roleplay and Intrigue Combat Mashups or the Undefined Your own adventure types and how you run them may differ from mine. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at types of adventures and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid these pitfalls. These articles include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration and Travel Missions and Quest Chains Defense Roleplaying and Intrigue Mashups or the Undefined Your own adventure types and how you run them may differ from mine. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios for ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at types of adventures and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid these pitfalls. This series of articles includes: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Overland Exploration and Travel Missions and Quest Chains Defense Intrigue Your own categorization of adventure types and how to run them may differ from mine. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG inspir ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at particular adventure types and examine how we prepare them. how we run them. what pitfalls we might run into. how we avoid those pitfalls. This series of articles includes: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Travel Missions Defense Intrigue Each article describes one angle on these adventure types. Your own approach may differ and that's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG inspired my thoughts on this topic ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at particular adventure types – how to prepare them, how to run them, what pitfalls we might run into, and how we can overcome these pitfalls. This series of articles includes: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations and Mysteries Missions Travel Defense Intrigue These articles describe one approach for these adventure types and your own style may differ. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible – Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG inspired my thoughts on this topi ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at particular adventure types and identify how to prepare them, how to run them, what pitfalls we might run into, and how we can overcome these pitfalls. This whole series of articles will include: Dungeon Crawls Infiltrations and Heists Investigations Missions Travel Defense Intrigue This article is only one way to run infiltration-style adventures and even the categorization may go against your own views. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to enjoy this game. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible — Building Stronger Scenarios for any ..read more

A nasty cold knocked me on my ass so instead of a YouTube and Podcast recording of the Lazy RPG Talk Show, I'm going to deliver the same info to you in beloved HTML! New Maps Features on D&D Beyond Wizards of the Coast released a video of new D&D Beyond Maps features. They've updated a lot since the last time I played around with it – token naming and re-naming, a spectator view, a drawing tool, and a pointer. I spent some time on Twitch mucking around with the new features and I like it a lot. WOTC is definitely taking a lighter-weight Owlbear Rodeo approach which I apprecia ..read more

This article is one in a series where we look at particular adventure types – how to prepare them, how to run them, what pitfalls we might run into, and how we might overcome these pitfalls. The adventure types in this series include: Dungeon crawls Infiltration Investigation Missions Travel Defense Intrigue This article focuses on one approach for running dungeon crawls and your own preferences may differ. That's totally fine. There are many right ways to prepare, run, and enjoy our games. Robin Laws's book Adventure Crucible — Building Stronger Scenarios for any RPG heavily inspired this a ..read more