A one-shot is a small adventure designed to be played in a single sitting. Depending on your group, the size, and the length of your sessions, that could change the dynamics of what you’ll be able to do. A four-person 4 hour session will be able to get through a slightly more complex story than a six-person 3 hour session. You will also want to tailor your one-shot to the playstyle preferences of your party. One of my parties are fans of action, so the one-shots I write for them tend to be heavy on combat. Another one-shot I ran for a group of young teenagers was simplified in scope and complexity to be more accessible to their age group. These minor adjustments will make all the difference in a smooth game day.

In this article, we go over ‘TTRPG Overhead.’ These are the broad real-world considerations to take to follow that will help you run a successful campaign with stories told around a campfire for decades to come.

The Crit Awards nominees are up, and low and behold, we are nominated for Best Setting! Let’s take a look at the compe… er… our friends who are also nominated!

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Creating new story details and titbits of lore is never easy. Improvising TTRPG Lore is a tricky thing to do, but brings rewarding moments to the players you're sharing the game with. Read here how to spin a tale off the cuff and use it again later in your game.

The perfect adventure to run after you TPK (total party kill) your player’s characters. If death is an inevitable embrace for all adventurers, so too is resurrection.