swords and wizardry

121 What’s in a Player Character’s Name?

Peeneel Testiclees! Yes, we’re talking about what’s in a player character’s name in this episode. How do you handle those players that insist on have a player character with a goofy name? It could be as easy as saying, “seriously? you want to name your character Peeneel Testiclees? No.” Or, you could roll with it…

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103 Steal the Plot

Steal that plot. One of Brett’s favorite GM advice books is Stealing Cthulhu by Graham Walmsley (available at DRPG).  Let’s dig into the book’s core idea and see how we can use it to really improve our genre emulation.

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