Failures That Hurt a Game
How to make your campaign's screw-ups meaningful—but not so destructive that players get annoyed.
Here Be Ancient Horrors: Page 106
Creeping Out Your Audience
How your prose story can send chills down readers' spines.
Episode 3: Adventures in Worldbuilding
The Mythcreant Podcast dabbles into the depths of worldbuilding.
Map Making for the Artistically Challenged
How to craft your world's layout without getting an art degree first.
Which Should Come First: World or Story?
How your plot and your setting can build off each other.
Four Dice Pool Systems All Gamers Should Know
The pros and cons of these dice-filled RPG systems.
Should You Game With an Open or Structured World?
How much you should or shouldn't constrain your campaign's setting.
Why Breaking Stereotypes Makes Stronger Characters
Why characters breaking social conventions improve the stories they star in.
Five Crazy Things Humans Can Already Do
These crazy abilities might seem like science fiction, but they're as everyday as breathing.
When to Cut That Scene
How to tell when a scene isn't pulling its dramatic weight—and how you can beef it up.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Dice Pool Systems
What a handful of d6's can do that one d20 can't—and vice versa.
Acting With Clear Intent Improves Roleplaying
Why knowing a PC's goals will help your campaign run smoother.
Mythcreants: the Obsession With Stories That Got Out of Hand
How this storytelling blog got from idea to the website you're reading this on.
How Metagaming Can Improve Your Campaign
How your players can use their knowledge outside the game to boost the events within it.
Leaving the Dungeon Crawl Behind
Why this traditionalist RPG style isn't for everyone.
SFWA Pisses off Teh Womenz
How this writers' group failed its female fans—repeatedly.
Spec Fic Movies Punished at the Oscars
How this movie award ceremony failed film's most popular genre.
A Review of Reviews of a Review
How book critics got themselves tangled in a knot of meta-analysis.
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