Over the DM's Shoulder

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Showing posts with label player. Show all posts
Showing posts with label player. Show all posts
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Reflections on Character Deaths

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Different tabletop games have different likelihoods of player character death (Call of Cthulhu has a particularly treacherous likelihood) wh...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

What I Look for in a Player

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I have spent years writing on this site about how GMs can cater to their players. If there is a central argument to the 250+ articles here, ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

How to Work Well with Other Players

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Beginner players in the world of tabletop games have a lot to learn. There's the rules of the system (which changes between games), thei...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Changes Made to My Homebrew Setting by Players (and Why It Should Be that Way)

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I've been arguing for some time that player actions should have meaningful consequences. Doing something in-game and having no meaningfu...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

How to Get into Your GM's Story as a Player

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One thing I know can be vexing as a player--this was especially the case for me as an early player, but the issue can happen to anybody--is ...
Monday, July 7, 2025

Why Trying Different Things Improves You as a GM and Player

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When it comes to tabletop games, people tend to either be regular players or constant GMs. There certainly are exceptions, especially with g...
Monday, May 29, 2023

How to Know What Class To Play for D&D Beginners

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As I've recently mentioned, I spend a lot of time GMing for kids . Everyone experiences games differently, but essentially all kids are ...