Puzzle: The Mirror of Life Trapping
Mar 1, 2023 4:54:30 AM
The Mirror of Life Trapping Heist
This blog post is described in greater detail on the most recent episode of Running off the Rails where we describe the key elements of a fun TTRPG puzzle.
RotR Articles
Objectives in Combat
Apr 19, 2022 10:20:23 AM
What is Objective-Based Design?
“The lock is magically sealed in two places! Brendon, Eloise, hold off those zombies while I figure this out. Save your strength! I can hear the Necromancer’s ritual on the other side of the door.”
Five Rules For a Ghostly Campaign
Jan 23, 2021 11:35:14 AM
If you show up to a brand new campaign and half the creatures you interact with are ghosts, you’ll know real quick you aren't in Kansas anymore. Maybe the first ghost you meet had been around so long, they’d witnessed the first human ever born! That’s the kind of thing that gets me excited to play Dungeons and Dragons. So I made some rules for my ghost-inhabited world.