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Playing RPGs with New Gamers
Greetings Nerdarchist Ted here and if you are a regular visitor to our site you will know that today should be a Goblin comic. But Nerdarchist Ryan celebrated Star Wars day with a great comic so we actually launched that one on Monday. So that...
How to Speeks Goblin | Tabletop Terrors in Honor of International Tabletop Day
Time to check in on Gil Beatin & Killicia Slay just in time for International Tabletop Terrors Day. Oh my is that Durgen from A Fistful of Dice and The Provokers on the table? I don’t know if I want to see what happens to...
Rise of the Mongrelfolk in Chimes of Discordia for 5E D&D
Hello loyal Nerdarchist and readers. Nerdarchist Ted here and today I want to do something a little bit different. Last week I brought you an article talking about how to use the Mongrelfolk in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. So today I want...
5E D&D Character Build — The Crossbow Expert
Hello and welcome Nerdarchist Dave here. Today we are doing a character build for an archer character using the seven steps I had laid out previously. Those seven steps are- race, class, background, ability scores, weapon, archetype, and feats. 1st Level Character Build- We start...
How to DM — Cheat With The Lazy Dungeon Master
Hello and welcome fellow Nerdarchists. I’ve got a great way for you to up your tabletop roleplaying game skills. It’s called The Lazy Dungeon Master written by Michael Shea. Don’t worry about which edition of Dungeons & Dragons you are playing. This book is useful....
Good Dungeon Masters Know The Rules, Great Dungeon Masters Know How To Break Them
Hello reader it’s Nerdarchist Dave and I’m here to take your Dungeon Master game to the next level. Rule zero of running a tabletop roleplaying game is the Game Master makes the rules. Your number one job as the Game Master, Dungeon Master, Referee, Storyteller...
Exploring Spelljammer for 5E D&D
Flashback to 1995 — Spelljammer. The second edition campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons I liked playing. Flash forward some to 3E D&D, an edition I enjoyed for many years but an edition I will not be playing in the foreseeable future. Will I ever...
Is This You? Common Game Master Mistakes
I’ve been throwing funny-shaped dice with my friends for more years than I care to admit. Most of those games I’ve run the game as the Dungeon Master. Most of those years I spent making things far more difficult for myself than necessary. In this...
Finding Inspiration for 5E D&D Campaigns
Hey friends, Nerdarchist Ted here. Running a campaign in fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder or any other tabletop roleplaying game is hard and writing material for said campaign can be even harder. When doing so you have to predict possible actions your players will...
Constructing a 5E D&D One Shot
Last Friday night I was home alone and not an RPG game to be played in sight. My regular group wasn’t available yet and I still wanted to drop some funny shaped dice. So what is a gamer to do? I’ll tell you what I...
Are 5E D&D Tieflings Misunderstood or Soul Eating Hellspawn?
Hello Nerdarchy Fans and fellow gamers. Nerdarchist Ted here to talk Dungeons & Dragons races, specifically the tiefling. This devilsh race made its debut in Planescape and those who did not really play in that setting got to see them make a rise into the...
5E D&D Character Build — Human Cleric
Hey guys Nerdarchist Ted, here to bring you a new type of Article. I hope you like it. Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition character builds. Today I want to talk about a Human Cleric. Now many of you with lots of years chucking dice might...
Why I’ll Be Playing 5E D&D for the Foreseeable Future
Hey folks Nerdarchist Dave here and I’ll be discussing Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition today. We have already done several articles on D&D 5E this one is going to be more about my experience with Dungeons and Dragons over the years and why I’m really...
Betrayal at House on the Hill is the Best Board Game
Greetings all, Nerdarchist Ted here to bring you, hopefully, into an awesome board game. Betrayal at house on the Hill by Avalon Hill a sub company of Wizards of the Coast, or as I like to call it Horror Movie the board game. A brief...
Crafting a Dungeon Crawl for Your RPG
What is a role-playing game without a good dungeon crawl? Now if I’m giving game master tips to a newbie GM or DM I’d say when it comes to planning adventures less is more. You don’t want to make your players feel like their always...
