Giving people the chance to play D&D, or indeed any roleplaying game, is a great thing and automatically makes you a better person and is brilliant for growing your confidence.
Drinking Quest: Liquor Before Honor Review
How many adventures begin in an alehouse? A group of misfits get drunk and end up on a quest. Or more like a group of horny pansexual casters, with really odd dump stats, flirt with everyone they haven’t killed. Depends on your group I guess. But what happens when you’re finally out on the road? There’s always a way for …
Big Book and Giant Book of Battle Mats – Critical Hit or Epic Fail?
Discover the Best Book of Battle Mats in our Loke Battle Mats Review BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Two books of Battle Mats. One Big, one Giant. But which is best? Robin tried both out in an effort to decide who shall win the battle of the battle mats! The Giant Book of Battle MatsThe Giant Book of Battle Mats …
Designing Your Dungeons & Dragons Encounters with James Gifford
James Gifford, author and illustrator of Dungeon Diaries, returns to improve your Dungeons and Dragons encounters (also applicable to any tabletop roleplaying game PATHFINDER FOR LIFE! – Ed: Robin) ENHANCING YOUR DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ENCOUNTERS Back when I was a baby goblin, I used to play Dungeon Crawler game like Torchlight and Dungeon Siege. I remember thinking they were the …
Roleplaying, Expectations, and Player Choice – The Conversation about Conversation
Setting Expectations at the Roleplaying Table – Brawling and Playing a Role One of the tricky bits about getting a group together to play a tabletop roleplaying game is the expectation of each individual joining the group. Although a rule set appears to promote a set of expectations for play, roleplaying games are, ultimately, a group of folks sitting around …
Who Am I? My Hero’s Journey With RPG Tabletop Gaming
Who Am I To Be Writing About Turning Geeks Into Superheroes Through Tabletop RPGs? When I started writing articles for Coaching for Geeks, I decided I wanted to continue with an article about helping folks bring out their own gaming superheroes. But I think it’s worth talking about me and where I’m at, so that you get a better …
UK Games Expo: The Survival Guide
What is UK Games Expo? Well, it’s an expo, not a convention. Fancy! It’s great big tabletop gaming convention; boardgames, wargames, cardgames, roleplaying games. Plus nerdy entertainment shows, a Viking village… in their own words: UK Games Expo (UKGE) is the largest Hobby Games Convention in the UK – where all aspects of the gaming hobby are represented …
How To Not Be The Villain In A Tabletop Game
Here at Coaching for Geeks, our tagline is “Turning geeks into superheroes.” Of all the geeky pastimes out there, probably the most geeky is the hobby of tabletop roleplaying games. From the publishing of the first and most venerable RPG rule set, Dungeons & Dragons, in the seventies to the recent explosion of live-streamed and podcasted sessions of games …