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Extra Ways to Support In-Session Immersion

January 1, 2019 by Beth Leave a Comment

Fantasy map of a small estate surrounded by mountains and a lake.

This post walks through some things to consider for making your D&D sessions as enjoyable as possible, focusing on the non-actual-playing parts that go into playing.

Filed Under: Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

How to Start Playing a Duet

December 12, 2018 by Jonathan 10 Comments

Man and woman playing D&D across the table from one another, with a DM screen dice, and wine glass. Between them, a shared thought bubble depicts four adventurers and a wolf companion in the forest, looking out at a castle.

Whether you are just starting out with role-playing games or you are a well-seasoned veteran, starting a duet is an amazing opportunity to explore your favorite tabletop role-playing game in a fresh new way. The good thing about duets is that you only need to convince one other person to buy in. Sometimes, though, that can be a daunting prospect for a number of reasons.

Filed Under: Getting Started, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

How to Create Your Player Character [PC] in D&D: First Steps

December 10, 2018 by Beth Leave a Comment

Armored redheaded woman with a sword and arrows, standing in front of a white direwolf puppy

We suggest, if you’re new to role-playing games (RPGs), that you base your character on an aspect of yourself so that you have relatively quick access to their emotions and personality. But more importantly, it makes for a really fun way to play. We use the term primary character to further designate the main character of your game, your central protagonist. Basically, you’ll need one character whose life and story drive the plot of your narrative. This is a bit different than games with larger numbers of players whose PCs work together, as a party, to collectively tell a story. In a duet, it’s all about the primary character!

Filed Under: Character Creation, For New Players, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For Players

D&D for Two

December 10, 2018 by Beth 21 Comments

D&D Duet Text with man and woman silhouetted in the letters

It all started with a typo: Duchess and Dragons. It has since become one of our very favorite things to do, something to constantly look forward to, and an amazing way for us to spend time together and have fun. We hope that this blog will fill a bit of a gap in the online D&D-verse for two-person games, specifically duets. By calling it a duet, we want to emphasize the collaborative aspects of playing a two-person campaign. D&D is already about working with others to tell a story together, and duets depend even more on that collaboration, which is part of what makes them so wonderful!

Filed Under: For New Players, Getting Started, Playing a Duet Tagged With: For DMs, For Players

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