I'm spinning up a new campaign set in the Forgotten Realms, and a new player (having never played a TTRPG before) wanted a…

It's been a month since I last posted! That's remiss of me... Things have been afoot; family visits, work, harvesting firewood as we're…

Changelog As this post is a living document, updates and details will be noted here. The original Dungeon Master's Guide included Gary Gygax's…

The most important question for a GM (or other players) to ask when the party spellcaster enthusiastically yells, “I cast Fireball,” is “are…

I was given the Red Box Basic Set as a Christmas gift from my parents in 1981 when I was in the 7th…

Look, when the feature image for this post is the actual view from my back verandah, it's not all that hard to be…

Self-publishing, crowdfunding, and social media publicity underpin the incredibly rich ecosystem of TTRPG material one can purchase in the modern era. You would…

It me! Hello, there! I'm Stephen Collins. You can read more about me over here. Long ago, I wrote a blog about design…