Gygax Writes: To Hommlet

How many times have you read this to your players?

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 12, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax On: Preparing a Module Your Way

Your game. Your module. Your campaign.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 11, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Minor Urban Landmarks

Some urban landmarks are only notable in the immediate locality. The landmarks below could appear in virtually any village, town or city.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 10, 202220 Things, Urban Dressing Comment

Gygax On: Designing Your World

So, so true. D&D is so much more than a mindless hackfest.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 10, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax On: Preparing a Module

Make it your own.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 9, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Urban Landmarks

Every town and city has landmarks great and small.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 8, 202220 Things, Urban Dressing Comment

Gygax On: A DM's Satisfaction

As a DM, I’m a big fan of not fudging dice rolls. With challenge comes reward.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 8, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax On: The Allure of Roleplaying

Which is why it is awesome.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 7, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax Writes: Death in the Vault

Yikes.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 6, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax Writes: To the Keep!

Where do I Sign Up?

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 5, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax On: A DM's Reward

Today, Gary smashes it out of the park.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 4, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

4d4 Witch's Hovel

Shunned by most, the witch is the taker of children, bringer of bad harvests and seducer of good men. Living apart from good honest folk, the witch plays on superstitions to create her terrifying reputation. Beware the dark woods…

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 3, 20224d4, 20 Things, Wilderness Dressing, Monstrous LairComment

Gygax On: Imagination & Creativity

When you strip roleplaying games back to their basics there you find imagination and creativity.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 3, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Gygax On: Enjoying the Game in a Group

Roleplaying is a social, group-orientated hobby. Everyone--players and DM alike-- should enjoy it. Don't be the person who forgets to help their friends have fun.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 2, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

The Dwarf's Folly at a Glance

Standing on Selka Street, this rowdy inn is a favoured haunt of adventurers, mercenaries and other rough and ready sorts. Run by the grizzled ex-mercenary Rister Osma the place offers cheap, no-frills food, drink and accommodation.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstMarch 1, 2022At a Glance, Ashlar, Dungeon Backdrop Comment

Gygax On: Enjoying the Game

Basic and timeless Gygaxian wisdom. Don't lose sight of it.

GM's Advice, Player's Advice, Gary GygaxCreighton BroadhurstMarch 1, 2022Gary Gygax, GMAdvice, Player's AdviceComment

Starfall Chantry at a Glance

Lurking twixt the crag-jagged hills south of Dunstone sit the ruined remains of an old dwarven fortress-temple. Rusted helms and broken blades jut from the surrounding soil like cast-off husks of iron grain, betraying the area’s violent history.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 24, 2022Ashlar, At a Glance, Dungeon Backdrop Comment

Into the Black Dragon's Lair

Deep within the tangled mangroves and bottomless pools of noisome swamps black dragons lair in sunken ruins of miasmic evil.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 22, 2022Dungeon Dressing, Wilderness Dressing Comment

Wilderness Dressing: Ruin Dressing

The leavings of many civilisations dot the land. Such places are often a magnet for minions of evil. Bandits, marauding humanoids or other—more terrible and ferocious—monsters can be found lairing in such locales.

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 17, 2022Wilderness Dressing Comment

Wilderness Dressing: Ruins

GM's ResourceCreighton BroadhurstFebruary 15, 2022Wilderness Dressing Comments

Dec 17, 2024

One-Pager, Urban Locale, Urban Dressing

Urban Locale: Fence

Successful thieves need a fence—someone willing to buy and sell their ill-gotten gains. Like their customers, such folk must keep their true business secret, and thus, they often openly practise some other legitimate trade.

A free GM’s Resource for any fantasy roleplaying game.

Dec 10, 2024

Urban Locale: Warehouse

Merchants, traders, artisans, and some ordinary folk, need somewhere to store their bulky goods. Some own their own warehouses, while others hire the requisite space on a temporary basis.

Nov 20, 2024

Urban Locale: Monastery

Houses of worship and quiet contemplation stand in or near many settlements. Within, the occupants seek spiritual enlightenment in the service of their patron.

Nov 19, 2024

Urban Locale: Boarding House

Normally places for the poor or the penny-wise, boarding houses offer lodgings and food; most such places offer only the barest of essentials to their guests.

Nov 12, 2024

One-Pager, Dungeon Backdrop, Dungeon Dressing, Ashlar

Deeper Delvings of the Nameless Mage

Far below the sunlit surface lie places and things undreamt of by decent commonfolk. Some such things have never seen the light of day, while others have escaped into the Underlands to escape the hated sun.

Dressed vs. Undressed: An Example of Play

Nov 5, 2024

Dungeon Dressing

Dressed vs. Undressed: An Example of Play

It’s no secret that at Raging Swan Press, we are big fans of dressed dungeons. A dressed dungeon feels more real than an undressed dungeon. A dressed dungeon engages your players’ imaginations, promotes creative play and helps them immerse themselves in the adventure.

Nov 1, 2024

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