🗺️ Overland Travel Is a Dungeon Crawl
We don't need to overcomplicate overland travel.
👑 The Kingmaker Companion
The idea of a kingmaker companion is a simple, powerful, and lightweight tool for gamemasters.
🪦 Making Death Matter
The threat of death provides excitement and meaning to our choices as players. We should make it meaningful.
🌋 Landmark, Hidden, Secrets and Clues
What if there was a way to make secrets and clues easier to design and deploy? Enter the idea that information can be landmark, hidden, or secret.
📝 What's in a Name?
Naming things in D&D is hard. But it doesn't have to be.
⌚️ Running Shorter Sessions
We don't need as much time as we often think to run meaningful RPG sessions.
☝️ There Is Only One That Matters
When a magic sword is the only magic sword, it instantly becomes interesting. The same goes for a dragon or beholder.
📝 How to Make a Great RPG Recap
Recaps are the unsung hero of tabletop roleplaying game adventures.
☕️ Coffee & Campaign Building RPG Community
The Coffee & Campaigns RPG community forum is officially open for business.
🔗 Organizing Obsidian for D&D - Linking
Links are one of the most popular features advertised by RPG campaign management software. Obsidian provides powerful linking capabilities.
🫥 Empty Rooms
We fill our games with interesting worlds, dungeons, and stories. Empty rooms are a simple yet powerful tools we can add.
🎲 Don't Optimize the Fun Out of Your Game
When we focus on productivity at the expense of the experience, we risk destroying the fun.
An Obsidian Philosophy for Life
In this article, I propose my own philosophy to help guide how we use Obsidian for RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons.
🗺️ Organizing an Atlas for D&D in Obsidian
How to create an atlas to organize your D&D location notes in Obsidian.
🎉 RPG Resource Repository New Website
I've migrated the old RPG Resource Repository (formerly just a Github repository) to a new home at https://open.phd20.com.
🤔 Reflections on the 8 Steps of the Lazy GM
Reflections on my time using and pondering the 8 Steps of the Lazy GM.
🧙♂️ NPC Paradigm Shift
NPCs can transform your Dungeons & Dragons experience. With a new mental model, we can change the game and have more fun.
🌏 A Living World Every Session
The ability for players to interact meaningfully with the setting is important in RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons. We need a way to make the world feel alive around the player characters.
🎭 The Best Villains
Become a Patron and get exclusive resources for Obsidian & TTRPGs. The Best Villains A good villain elevates our Dungeons & Dragons game by creating fun...
🧙♂️ My Obsidian Setup for D&D
Let’s take a look “behind the screen” at my setup for Dungeons & Dragons. This is how I organize my world and campaigns within Obsidian.
