Elective Action Order – An Initiative Variant for your Toolbox
Preorder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! There are lots of ways to handle initiative in different RPGs. D&D has a variant which many of us use — roll a d20, add your dex mod, and go in order from...
View ArticleWhat Excites You?
Preorder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! Focus your prep on what excites you about your next game. Use what excites you to motivate you to prepare and run your next session. Getting Overwhelmed It's easy...
View ArticleProcedures
Preorder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! Eric F., a fine Patron of Sly Flourish asked about procedural play from games like OD&D, BX, and Dungeon World and asked whether they're helpful, where...
View ArticleLazy Improvised Monsters for Daggerheart
Preorder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! While running Daggerheart, I found myself seeking a generic set of adversary statistics I could use to improvise monsters during the game while also simplifying...
View ArticleMove Steps Forward
Preoder Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! I recommend writing a new set of prep notes for each game session you run. And, of course, I recommend customizing the eight steps of lazy GM Prep based on your...
View ArticleHigh-Value Tips, Tricks, and Tools
Some tips, tricks, or tools we use when prepping or running our RPGs provide multiple benefits for minimal effort, giving us super lazy GM powerhouse tricks. These high-value tricks take little time,...
View ArticleTypes of Lightning Rods for D&D and 5e
Lightning Rods are monsters selected to showcase specific character abilities in our D&D and 5e games. You can learn more about this concept in my article, Lightning Rods – Showcase Powerful...
View ArticleThe Rest of the Stuff in Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
Back the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! Only a few days remain for the Kickstarter for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! If you haven't checked it out or grabbed the free preview, please do and...
View ArticleThe Lazy GM's Toolbox in Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
Back the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! The Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter marches on thanks to all of you who supported the project, shared it with your favorite GMs, and posted it...
View ArticleAdventure Types in Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
Back the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! Our Kickstarter for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster continues to march on! If you haven't, please check out the campaign, enjoy the free 36 page PDF...
View ArticlePrepping and Running Lazy Campaigns
Back the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! The Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter campaign is going strong! We had the strongest first days of any campaign we've ever run and we can't wait...
View ArticleExpanding Each of the Eight Steps
Back the Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter! The Kickstarter for Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster has begun! I hope you'll check out the Kickstarter, download the preview, and support our new book....
View ArticleFive Scenes
Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! Five scenes is all you're likely to get through in a four-hour RPG session. Narrow your prep down to the five scenes you might run to...
View ArticleMake Monsters Unique
Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! Describe monsters instead of labelling them so every encounter with a monster is a unique and fresh experience. Ogres are scary. Even...
View ArticleA Single Target Number
Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! The Index Card RPG has a neat idea we can try in many of our tabletop RPGs – using a single target number for an entire scene. Pirate...
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Announcing Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster!
Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! For the past year I've been working on a new book. I've kept it somewhat quiet, only more recently showing chapters (and eventually...
View ArticleRoll to Target
Check out Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster coming soon to Kickstarter! Roll a die to see which character a monster targets. I roll to see who monsters target almost all the time. It's my default behavior...
View ArticleDefending Out of the Fun
Kelsey Dionne, the creator of Shadowdark, was on the Dungeon Master Diaries podcast and mentioned something that clicked in my head in a way I had never considered. Kelsey mentioned that she can tell...
View ArticleDraw Small Maps
You don't need to get fancy when drawing maps for your RPG. Nor do you need to rely on hundreds of dollars of tiles, terrain, pre-printed maps, or computer hardware to run your games. Instead, draw...
View ArticleDefining RPGs with Tags
Over on the Lazy RPG Talk Show I talked about defining the OSR, my attempt to try to better define what separates one RPG from another. I think it's useful for GMs to be able to describe RPGs to one...
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