🔄 Agile Game Mastery
What if we ran tabletop RPGs the way software teams ship software? Adapting the twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto into a philosophy for game masters.
❗️ The Most Important NPC Detail
The most impactful NPC detail isn't motivation or backstory. Start with what your Dungeons & Dragons NPC is feeling right now, then ask why it changed.
💁 NPC Note Design
Use bold, bullets, and italics to structure NPC notes around landmark, hidden, and secret information you can actually use at the table.
Stop Sharing Your Lore. Start Using It.
Lore isn't exposition. Discover why worldbuilding serves the GM first, and how that energy translates to better games for everyone at the table.
🔓 The Vault and the Library: GM Resources
A version-controlled library of ready-to-use tabletop RPG content — items, locations, NPCs, adventures, and more. Free forever. Human-made. Creative Commons.
March and April Premium Newsletter
Updated Patreon gift link and recent happenings.
🤝 The Agreement Every D&D Group Needs
Session zero tools never felt right. The Adventuring Agreement is my answer—a simple document to align expectations before the dice roll.
👑 Build Your World From Within
Most worldbuilding advice is outside looking in. Turn your GM notes into in-world artifacts—letters, journals, wanted posters—that make your setting feel alive.
⚔️ The Only Two Questions That Matter for Game Masters
Most TTRPG advice tells you what to prep. It should tell you where to start. Two questions that change how game masters prep sessions, build worlds, and more.
🕚 Don't Let Players Control the Clock
Pacing thrives when the game master controls the clock. It struggles when we let the players.
🤔 Maybe That Big Backstory Isn't So Bad
That one player with the big backstory is giving you a reason to get them interested and engaged with your world. Take advantage of it.
📝 Do Our Game Master Notes Matter?
We talk a lot about game master notes. But do they matter that much?
🎮 Campaign Worldbuilding: Worlds For Play, Not Encyclopedias
How to avoid overly lazy or traditional worldbuilding for better campaigns.
🧠 Dopamine & Dragons Part 2: Longer Adventure Timelines
Our games move too quickly. Up the fantasy and reward by letting time pass.
🧠 Dopamine & Dragons Part 1: Player Boredom
The fear of player boredom is real. But the problem isn't as scary as we might think.
🔌 Awesome Obsidian Community Plugins for D&D
A handful of community plugins can transform your RPG campaign management.
🔌 Awesome Obsidian Plugins for D&D
A handful of core plugins can transform your RPG note-taking.
🤫 The Biggest Lie in TTRPGs
The idea that you need to worry about game balance when running your game is a myth.
💡 Use Your Best Ideas Now
Don't save your awesome ideas for some future moment. Use them now.
Organizing Campaigns for D&D in Obsidian
How to organize multiple D&D campaigns in Obsidian.
