Tabletop RPG is not known for being a very physical activity. Most of the action takes place in the mind's eye, and the most exertion...

It's kind of like this, but it costs you nothing. Types of Rewards Just about every RPG game has some sort of mechanic by which yo...

Art from Penny Arcade by  Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins It's high time I talked about an important issue to every game master: Ini...

Not everybody is skilled at improvising at the game table, but there are ways to make things easier. Often I find that the dialogue be...

No RPG campaign can begin until you have a party of interesting adventurers to take into action. But how and when you create and stat the...

Artistic depiction of a player dealing with these common mistakes. Here on DMpathy I try to put a positive spin on things, because I bel...

When it comes to visuals, you just can't beat the human imagination. The ability of the mind's eye to envision evocative landscape...