A West Marches campaign in pen-and-paper RPGs is a campaign style that differs from traditional roleplaying campaigns, focusing on a central town where players start and return after adventures, with unexplored wilderness containing quests and dungeons to explore.
One of the most important parts of roleplaying games are the fights. Whether the group is facing a griffin in its lair or being ambushed by a few goblins on the road, it's important to find the right balance between danger and fun. Here you'll find helpful tips for creating your Dungeons and Dragons encounters.
Curse of Strahd is considered by many players and Dungeon Masters as the best module for Dungeons and Dragons. The dark setting and charismatic villain have captivated the community since 1983.
Especially for new players, it's often difficult to integrate their character into the world in a way that feels natural. Here you'll get some tips to better incorporate your characters (or those of your players) into roleplaying through their backstory.
Dungeons and Dragons has existed since 1974 and is now the most popular pen-and-paper role-playing game in the world. Over the years, much gaming material has been published, but only few settings have stood the test of time.
Many pen & paper groups play online and use Virtual Tabletop (VTT) programs for this. The most used VTT is the free and browser-based Roll20.net. Here you have an interface where you can show your players battle maps and world maps and they can move their characters as tokens. This extremely helpful tool is not entirely intuitive to use, so here's a Roll20 tutorial with the basics for you!
Do you know someone who plays Dungeons and Dragons and want to give them something useful? Then you're in the right place. Here you'll find the best Dungeons and Dragons gift ideas for players, no matter how experienced they are.
Princes of the Apocalypse (PotA) is the third campaign for D&D's fifth edition after the Starter Set and Tyranny of Dragons. What does it do right and is it worth recommending?
What are Battlemaps? Pen & Paper can, as the name suggests, be played with just paper and pencil. This is successfully practiced in many systems and gaming groups. The Dungeon Master describes the situation and players say how their characters react. Often the result is determined by dice rolls. This Theater of the Mind approach contains much of the appeal of Pen & Paper gaming.
If you've ever searched online for pen and paper groups, you might have stumbled across paid "professional" games. The Dungeon Master is usually paid per session by the players. But are the paid sessions actually better and was it worth it? I tried paying for D&D sessions. Here's how it went for me and whether it might be right for you too!