Wes Baker

Ultimately the reason that I GM and play RPGs is because of the experience of playing in them and the stories they create. I was initially…

The most common form of a portal that your players will experience is a door. A door by itself is boring, it has a knob and it divides rooms…

I often handwave over long travel, especially when running games like Dungeons & Dragons. There can be interesting encounters along the way…

I find some of the best experiences in roleplaying games to be close scrapes. You just barely beat the villain and his goons, some of you…

Someone always needs a favor. If you’re ever looking for your next adventure, there’s an NPC somewhere—that the players have already talked…

I love a good vanilla fantasy dungeon, with enemies you expect and an ending you can hope for. However, I also appreciate when things get…

Levers make me think of simple machines: pulleys, wheel and axle, wedges, levers, and so forth. Some very complex problems can be solved…

In your session zero you should talk about the level of humor you want in a game. For me, RPGs sing when there’s humor, it’s the spice that…

There are a number of RPG systems and playstyles out there, but I want to focus on two today: Modern Dungeons & Dragons (aka D&D 5e) Old…

Magic items, ones that really change the game up and make things easier, should be rare. Now, that doesn’t mean that the party only sees one…