mystery Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/mystery/ D&D / Role Playing Wed, 08 May 2024 00:07:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg mystery Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/mystery/ 32 32 Free League Announces Dragonbane RPG at Gen Con https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/04/free-league-announces-dragonbane-rpg-at-gen-con/ https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/04/free-league-announces-dragonbane-rpg-at-gen-con/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2022 19:00:35 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=33667 At Gen Con, Free League Publishing today announced the Dragonbane RPG, a brand new edition of Sweden’s first and biggest tabletop roleplaying game Drakar och Demoner – now also to be published in English for the first time. Dragonbane / Drakar och Demoner comes to Kickstarter on August 30. Drakar och Demoner was originally launched in Sweden in 1982. Now, Free League celebrates its 40th anniversary with a brand new and reimagined edition, with one foot firmly planted in the heritage of […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2022/08/04/free-league-announces-dragonbane-rpg-at-gen-con/feed/ 0 How to create a/multiple sessions with interconnected stories https://www.tribality.com/2020/04/29/how-to-create-a-multiple-sessions-with-interconnected-stories/ https://www.tribality.com/2020/04/29/how-to-create-a-multiple-sessions-with-interconnected-stories/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:00:45 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=30024 Thumbnail image from The Simpsons’ Trilogy of Error Episode Something I’ve got to do twice so far is creating a series of interconnected stories in my games. What do I mean by this? If you did ever watch the Trilogy of Error episode from The Simpsons or the movie Go it is based on, you will easily understand what I meant. If not, imagine having your players split the party for some reason, and doing several things at different times […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2020/04/29/how-to-create-a-multiple-sessions-with-interconnected-stories/feed/ 0 Create Mafia/godfather style organizations https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/31/create-mafia-godfather-style-organizations/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/31/create-mafia-godfather-style-organizations/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2018 14:00:59 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=26071 After infiltrating the Zentarim’s base of operations, questioning a Harper, and kidnapping one of the closest men to Xanathar we find ourselves in our own quarters joining the dots. Strangely, all of the criminal organizations have a drow in their highest ranks. Could this all be connected to Jarlaxle and his group? There’s only one way to find out. Let’s make him an offer he can’t refuse. Whether you are running an urban campaign, or your players are investigating way […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2018/12/31/create-mafia-godfather-style-organizations/feed/ 1 Scholastic Exploration and National Treasure https://www.tribality.com/2018/07/04/scholastic-exploration-and-national-treasure/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/07/04/scholastic-exploration-and-national-treasure/#respond Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:00:48 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=24711 Happy 4th of July! Today, let's talk about how stealing the constitution is a great model scholastic exploration in tabletop games!

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/09/27/technical-debt-games/feed/ 3 Godzilla, Cloverfield, and fighting Kaiju https://www.tribality.com/2017/08/09/godzilla-cloverfield-and-fighting-kaiju/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/08/09/godzilla-cloverfield-and-fighting-kaiju/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:05:35 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=20932 An in-depth look at Cloverfield and why it's the best model for kaiju in tabletop RPGs.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/08/09/godzilla-cloverfield-and-fighting-kaiju/feed/ 6 Tribal Knowledge: Dramatic Reveals https://www.tribality.com/2015/08/01/tribal-knowledge-dramatic-reveals/ https://www.tribality.com/2015/08/01/tribal-knowledge-dramatic-reveals/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2015 14:00:05 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=10048 I love the Dramatic Reveal that a mystery story provides, but I can never seem to get them to play out at the table (d20 system). I present a standard series of gated challenges to gather clues. Then either players postulate something correct very early or they’re stumped. How do you best present and pace a mystery? Are there constraints the d20 system is imposing that I don’t realize? This is a great question, and one I’ve wrestled with for […]

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