You might have hazarded a guess that, as a blogger, I love the elegance and clarity of the written word. But these days, I find myself spending more time devouring videos on Youtube than reading the latest posts of my favourite word-punchers. Video is such an engaging medium, and I think the fact that the […]
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This list was first published in 2017 (I think!), and most recently updated in October 2025. For a vast industry fuelled by folks that love writing, I was shocked by how few decent D&D blogs I was able to find when I first got back into the hobby in 2015/16. Luckily that has changed over […]
Being able to improvise interesting NPCs is a key skill for DMs, in my opinion. Credible NPCs create the illusion of a credible world, and help the players stay immersed in the story. While encountering another “bearded dwarf called Bob” really exposes the fact that we are just making this shit up as we go […]
This post was first published in Nov 2020, and updated in Jan 2023. As any Dungeon Master will attest, but particularly any who write and publish their own adventures, coming up with vaguely credible names you don’t hate for all your NPCs is a major pain in the @&$€. Something I’ve found myself leaning into […]
Long before the pandemic began, D&D was already heading online. Digital toolsets like D&D Beyond are far more efficient than pen and paper at tracking hit points, gear and level progression, Discord servers can be used to neatly file campaign information, while the world’s first virtual tabletop, Fantasy Grounds, launched in 2004, challenging the possibilities […]
With the world building, adventure planning, NPC creating and rules revising us DMs have to do, it’s hardly a surprise that music and ambient sounds are often hurriedly sourced as an after thought, or else overlooked completely. However, more than a Dungeon Master’s lovingly-prepared scene description, a well-chosen soundtrack can capture the mood of a […]
