Troy’s Crock Pot: Summertime World Building
World building for your campaign – whether it is...
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Troy's happiest when up to his elbows in plaster molds and craft paint, creating terrain and detailing minis for his home game. A career journalist and Werecabbages freelancer, he also claims mastery of his kettle grill, from which he serves up pizza to his wife and three grown children.
Posted by Troy E. Taylor | May 28, 2018 | General
World building for your campaign – whether it is...
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Back in the day, like when polyhedrals were high...
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A goal for the new year was to assemble a portable player’s dice...
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It’s winter break. The temperature outside is a...
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I just finished reading “The Amazons: Lives and...
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In 2014, I wrote “Three Cues from Your Character...
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Grab a vine and give a mighty Tarzan yell....
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I’m kicking back during a few days of summer...
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We play fantasy rpgs because we love magic...
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In level-based fantasy rpgs, trying to match the...
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In the early part of running a campaign, it can...
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Put those board games in your closet to work in...
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During March, elements of my Dungeons and...
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