Keep Your Game Lively with Cyphers
Cyphers. They’re so fundamental to the Cypher System, it’s right there in the name! A cypher is a one-use special …
Making the Most of GM Intrusions
The helicarrier is falling. Iron Man is spinning the turbine to restart it, as Captain America stands by to deactivate …
Make a Cypher System Creature in Ten Minutes or Less
One of the main reasons I love GMing the Cypher System is the low prep time needed to create a …
Table for Two: Running Cypher System for One Player
What does it take to run a Cypher System game for a single player? The Cypher System is extremely flexible—I’ve …
Introducing Numenera to Players
One of the things I love about Numenera is that it’s easy to play, which makes it a great roleplaying …
Playtesting The Stars Are Fire
A science fiction tabletop RPG might be thought of differently than a fantasy game. And by differently, I mean implicitly …
Matt Colville’s Essay from Your Best Game Ever
The awesome Matt Colville, one of numerous consulting experts on Your Best Game Ever, wrote this essay for the book: How …
Giving a New Player the Best Possible First Impression
Advice about the game group comprises a whole chapter of Your Best Game Ever, with topics like group size, advice …
Rules Lawyers
Knowing the rules is a good thing. Constantly, pedantically correcting everyone else’s knowledge of the rules, or arguing with the …
Strife Among the Players
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Strife Among the Players …
Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Pacing Encounters and Sessions …
Ensuring Player Agency
This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Ensuring Player Agency Players …