We Also Lost My Grandma This Week...
Boy, January 2024 really just had to get one more hit in, didn't it? Thirteen days after losing her husband, my grandmother passed away...
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Michael T. Christensen
Jan 175 min read
My Grandfather Died Last Night, and I'm Feeling Some Kind of Way About It
Well, this wasn't the blog post I expected to write today. But death never quite comes when we're expecting it, does it? My grandpa was...
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Michael T. Christensen
Apr 5, 20232 min read
Being Demoralized By Real-World Stuff; Being Uplifted By My Audience
This has been a wild week.
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Michael T. Christensen
Feb 22, 20233 min read
LOL This is Why I'm So Focused on Building Up My Content Buffer for 2023
Getting a stomach virus this week seems to have helped me gain some perspective.
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Michael T. Christensen
Feb 15, 20237 min read
How Do I Feel About Wizards of the Coast Right Now?
Short version: It's complicated.
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Michael T. Christensen
Feb 8, 20232 min read
We Made It Through January, Somehow
I'm still reeling.
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Michael T. Christensen
Jan 4, 20234 min read
How My Completionism Helps Me Procrastinate
There are so many things I've put off because my weird, bad brain makes checklists of prerequisites.
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Michael T. Christensen
Dec 28, 20223 min read
Carving Out Time for Yourself
It's not easy to keep a hard schedule and maintain a work/life balance, but I was able to articulate how *I* keep things running!
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Michael T. Christensen
Dec 21, 20223 min read
How I Get Everything Done Before the Holidays
I'm going to pull back the curtain somewhat, and share a bit of insight into how I get so much done every week.
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Michael T. Christensen
Dec 14, 20224 min read
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part Three: Motivations of NPCs and PCs
In the third and final installment of this series, I talk about how Insight, Deception and Persuasion checks can be used responsibly.
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Michael T. Christensen
Dec 7, 20223 min read
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part Two: How Magic Works
In part two of my three-part series about sharing info with players, we talk about handling questions about magic items and spells.
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Michael T. Christensen
Nov 30, 20223 min read
How Much Do You Tell Your Players? Part One: Entering a Room
This week, we kick off a three-part series of posts about giving information to players, starting with advice for describing environments.
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Michael T. Christensen
Nov 23, 20224 min read
Table Etiquette
In honor of Thanksgiving, let's discuss the table etiquette rules I laid out for my D&D groups, and the reasoning behind each one of them.
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Michael T. Christensen
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Fake It 'Til You Make It
This week, Mike reveals the greatest trick to running an RPG… pretending you already know all the tricks to running an RPG.
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Michael T. Christensen
Nov 9, 20225 min read
Plotting, Part 2: Playing in the Sandbox
Last week, we discussed the value of adventures on railroad tracks. This week, we discuss the opposite – the open world sandbox.
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Michael T. Christensen
Nov 2, 20225 min read
Plotting, Part 1: In Defense of the Railroad
Over the next few weeks, we discuss a few different approaches to running plots in RPGs – this week, we’re defending railroad tracks.
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Michael T. Christensen
Oct 26, 20228 min read
Old Group, New Faces
Let's talk about the challenges of joining an existing gaming group.
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Michael T. Christensen
Oct 19, 20229 min read
Location, Location, Location
Let's discuss the importance of memorable environments and locations in RPGs.
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Michael T. Christensen
Oct 12, 202210 min read
Creating Memorable NPCs
Let's talk about a few easy tricks to make your side characters more memorable and interesting.
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Michael T. Christensen
Oct 5, 20225 min read
What Makes a Campaign?
Let's discuss what we mean when we talk about a “campaign,” and how to find the right tone and style for your story.
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