Some ideas about how you can make sure combat in your game of Dungeons and Dragons remains as exciting as it should.
For DMs
Keeping Romance on the (Gaming) Table
In this post, I break down a few different ways to RP sex and sexuality in-game. From fading to black to a detailed manuscript, there are multiple methods for incorporating characters’ intimate practices into their in-game character development so long as you and your duet partner are on board for what that looks like in the game world and at the table.
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!
Personalizing and Incorporating Characters’ Worship Practices
The various pantheons in D&D and other RPGs already provide players with interesting details and pull from lots of different sources of lore. Experimenting with these deities and their narratives, characteristics, and histories can be a great way to complicate and personalize your game or narrative world, especially when working with individual character’s worship practices.
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.
