We all know how time-consuming planning a campaign can be, and that investment increases even further when you’re creating your own world! That’s where we come in! On our Patreon, we’ll be creating unique mini-adventures each month that can easily be inserted into your homebrew campaign or can add variety and intrigue to an officially-published campaign.
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Getting Quipy: A Podcast Interview
We have something really special and different to share with you! A podcast episode! Jonathan sat down with Dan of the Quips’n’Crits Network for the first episode of their new show, Getting Quipy, where Dan talks to world-builders and artists in the D&D-verse. Dan and Jonathan talk about one-on-one play in detail; we hope you enjoy!
Earth Month Giving & One Tree Planted
In this post, we announce that we’re giving 100% (!) of our profits to OneTreePlanted for Earth Month! As part of that announcement, we walk through our sales on DMsGuild thus far, breaking down paid and unpaid downloads and averages for sales.
Character-Driven vs World-Driven Conflict in your Duet Game
This post looks at the differences between a fantasy world that’s driven by characters’ internal state or external circumstances. In it, we also ask some deeper questions: What do you believe about D&D or other RPGs? About literature, fiction, storytelling? What kind of stories do you think the world needs more of?
Resources for New DMs: Researching an Encounter
In this post, I walk through a few resources to get you going on your journey as a DM. These are the pages I found most helpful when I was starting out. I also talk about how I found them, going through which search terms I used to find what I was looking for.
How to Negotiate DM and Player Preferences
It is no secret that there are many different playing styles when it comes to D&D and RPGs. When you’re playing in a duet, however, the style preferences of the player and the DM become even more important, which opens up the fun and possibilities for both people involved.
Customizing Magical Items based on Character Class
One of my favorite things to do as a DM is create a magical item for one of our main characters, either my PC or one of Jonathan’s DMPCs. Since he’s the primary DM for our two-person game, I try to avoid pulling anything from the Dungeon Master’s Guide, and I also steer away from […]
5 DM Tips for Running Your First Game
To help you bring the fun and reduce the pre-session jitters, here are a few things that I think are helpful to keep in mind.