A Winning “One Page Dungeon”
Congratulations to Aaron Potter, colleague and friend of the Ludus crew, for being one of the first place winners in the “One Page Dungeon” contest! You can view his award winning entry, “A Stolen...
Congratulations to Aaron Potter, colleague and friend of the Ludus crew, for being one of the first place winners in the “One Page Dungeon” contest! You can view his award winning entry, “A Stolen...
An Experiment with Narrative Because character is best revealed through narrative, I thought I’d present most of this installment of Dice Unloaded in story form. It’s an experiment. Raicho the Recusant—fourth and most controversial in...
Calendars are a fantastic resource for making your game world distinct and cohesive. They reinforce the cosmology, culture, and unique character of your imagined world while providing you with a powerful campaign-management tool. Indeed, the very...
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to everyone that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and...
When we think of ruins from our modern perspective, we often think of the relics of the medieval world. Decaying castles, ruined monasteries, and the remnants of city walls feature prominently in our pantheon...
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