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How to Prep for a Duet D&D Session

February 27, 2024 by Beth Leave a Comment

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How do you strike a balance in your GM prep for a duet D&D session? What’s too much, too little, or just enough? Goldilocks, come on in!

Filed Under: Campaign Diaries, DM Resources, For New DMs, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

Our First Kickstarter is Live!

February 1, 2024 by Beth 2 Comments

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The first full-length duet campaign by D&D Duet—over 170 pages with 15 chapters of adventure, unique NPCs, new character backgrounds, and more!

Filed Under: Building Your World, Campaign Diaries, DM Resources, Duet Adventures, For New DMs, For New Players, Land of Vampires, Our Playable Content, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

Three Steps for Starting a New Duet D&D Campaign

January 30, 2024 by Beth Leave a Comment

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Not sure where to begin for setting up a new one-on-one campaign? Is GM prep taking so long that you can’t actually play? I’ve got you covered.

Filed Under: Campaign Diaries, For New DMs, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

How to Base Your Duet PC Backstories in Character Class

May 9, 2023 by Beth Leave a Comment

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In this post, we share the connections between character class and character backstory, specifically how your characters’ relationships to their unique gifting and class help put them on their adventuring paths. The character examples we use are actually from our play through of the Diablo IV open beta!

Filed Under: Building Your World, Character Creation, DM Resources, For New DMs, For New Players, Mechanics, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

Feeling Stuck? Navigating DM Blocks in your D&D Game

December 7, 2022 by Beth 2 Comments

What do you do when you get stuck as a DM and can’t figure out what should happen in your next session? This post covers strategies to get your campaign moving again.

Filed Under: Building Your World, DM Resources, For New DMs, Mechanics, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

Dice in Mind: Podcast Interview with Jason and Brad

May 6, 2022 by Beth Leave a Comment

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Jonathan and Beth recently joined Dice in Mind for a chat about duet games, RP, and creativity—listen in here for an in-depth discussion and lots of fun!

Filed Under: Building Your World, Character Creation, Creating NPCs, DM Resources, For New DMs, For New Players, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

How to Run Low-Combat Duet D&D

December 10, 2021 by Beth Leave a Comment

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How can you adapt your one-on-one D&D campaign if your player isn’t fond of (or is actively opposed to) combat? We have a few ideas for you in this post! Let’s start with why they don’t like combat and build from there.

Filed Under: DM Resources, For New DMs, Mechanics, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

Casting Time and the Rule of Cool

November 9, 2021 by Beth Leave a Comment

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This post is about casting time and when in your duet game you might want to overrule the official casting time to follow the rule of cool. In most cases, casting time adds to the stakes in-game. But every once in a while, what’s happening at the table needs to override rules-as-written.

Filed Under: DM Resources, For New DMs, Mechanics, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs

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