Example Patron Reward We've just added a new tier to our Patreon: the Cervidae. (You may recognize this custom magical creature from our Third Time's the Charm adventure!) At this $1 tier, … [Read more...] about Longsword of Fearful Influence
DM Resources
D&D One-on-One: An Actual Play Video
We've received several requests for a video of one-on-one play, and we just finished putting an actual play video together! Here, we play through the first part of First Blush, our introductory … [Read more...] about D&D One-on-One: An Actual Play Video
How to Design a D&D Campaign Arc
In our one-on-one game, Beth and I are in the second act of a campaign arc set in the Dwarven kingdom that I had the luxury of planning while she DM'd a delightfully dreadful romp through the … [Read more...] about How to Design a D&D Campaign Arc
Identify: Inkarnate
Maps are a huge part of engaging with most tabletop roleplaying games. They orient players and their characters to a shared, imagined space. Maps bring the fantasy world much nearer to our own. By … [Read more...] about Identify: Inkarnate
Ideas for Increasing Your D&D Player’s Engagement
We are huge fans of increasing immersion (and by extension, engagement) at the D&D table. We get pretty serious about it and discuss some of the ways that we have dialed it up during our duet game … [Read more...] about Ideas for Increasing Your D&D Player’s Engagement
Crystalline Curse Trilogy
Duet Adventures for 5e Levels 1-3 Escape from a castle, rescue an ancient warrior, solve small town mysteries, and uncover the cure for the Crystalline Curse! Available now on … [Read more...] about Crystalline Curse Trilogy
Step-by-Step Setup for Multiple Characters in Combat
As a follow-up to Running Multiple Characters in Combat, Simplified, I wanted to build on the character-focused approach to combat with some practical steps you can take while setting up that will … [Read more...] about Step-by-Step Setup for Multiple Characters in Combat
Failure States Beyond TPK in D&D
Adding to our string of death and defeat posts, we wanted to work through some ways that DMs can enhance the drama and tension of failure without wiping everyone out. [And just so we’re all on the … [Read more...] about Failure States Beyond TPK in D&D
