Rhys's DM Notes

James Writes: Dragon Quest VII: Feeling the Wor...

“The most important part of an RPG is the player feeling like they are taking the role of a character in a fully realised fantasy world. They can explore, visit...

Running Better Mysteries: learning from detecti...

Mystery adventures are particularly difficult for lots of reasons. D&D is a game primarily about combat, and mysteries put a lot of burden on the DM to construct a gripping...

First Playtest Does Not Survive Contact With Th...

At Megalithic Prints we’re currently running a D&D campaign to test prototype rules for Fortuno’s Guide to Gold.  As the DM and lead designer on Fortuno’s, the first step was...

Gold In D&D Is Boring - What's Wrong With Gold ...

Want free D&D adventures? Get them in our Discord, every month. When I run D&D, my players don’t care about gold. Why should that be?  Gold is at the heart...

Make Your Players Create Heroes!

The theory of the heroic compass that I’m putting forward here is a work in progress, and certainly not a holistic analysis of all fictional characters. However, if you disagree...

Sandworms and Setting Shapers: Dune and Dragons

What is the Fantasy of Dune? How To Make Your D&D Game More Dune: Sandworms Dune is gargantuan, not just in page-length (or run time), but in conceptual scope. So...