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A Learning Experience
This past Saturday was a day of firsts for me. It had been awhile since I’d been able to get a group together for a gaming session, so many of the things I’ve been thinking about and writing about got...
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Page By Page: Gary Gygax’s DMG part 1
I find a lot of pleasure in writing about books which I’ve read. Whether I’m excited about a module I’d like to run, or lambasting an author for being sexist, it’s a lot of fun for me. I believe it...
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How Saying ‘Yes’ to your Players Makes GMing Easier
I’ve been working on my time tracking in recent sessions, and as an experiment I included a boss which underwent a transformation as time went on. She was a sorceress named Anyetta the Many Eyed, and...
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Page By Page: Gary Gygax’s DMG part 2
The second in my continuing series on the 1979 Dungeon Master’s Guide, written by Gary Gygax. This post begins with the section “Money” on page 25, and continues through Loyalty of Henchmen and Allied...
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Page By Page: Gary Gygax’s DMG part 3
This is the third installment of my continuing series on the 1979 Dungeon Master’s Guide, written by Gary Gygax. This post begins with the section “Time” on page 37, and continues through Illusionist...
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Page by Page: Gary Gygax’s DMG Part 4
This is the fourth installment of my continuing series on the 1979 Dungeon Master’s Guide, written by Gary Gygax. This post begins with the section “The Adventure” on page 47, and continues through...
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The Problem with Diversity
“The Problem with Diversity” is not the kind of post title I ever would have expected to see on Papers & Pencils. The site just doesn’t have enough confederate flag icons to justify that sort of...
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8 Rules for Dungeon Improvisation
Illustration by Erol Otus, from the D&D Basic Set by Holmes. (Thanks, Fotzie!) During my most recent pathfinder game, a number of my players were absent. Among them was the group’s sorceress,...
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Placing Treasure
Art from “Excerpts: Hoards” posted by Wizards of the Coast In the comments to yesterday’s post, regular commentor Jimmy asked: “I’m bad at placing treasure. Any advice on that?” You’re not alone,...
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A Use for Bookshelves: Rumor Tables
Bookshelves are one of my favorite pieces of set dressing for dungeons, as my website’s background attests to. They can come in many shapes and sizes, hide secret doors, contain hidden treasure, don’t...
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