This article is part 1 of the “Start A Campaign… Now!“ series.

Start A Campaign - Part 1: The first game
Start A Campaign - Part 2: Before the second game
Start A Campaign - Part 3: The second game
Start A Campaign - Part 4: How to prepare a great game in 30 minutes or less

I remember when [...]

Random thoughts
I bumped into someone who had never heard of Dungeons & Dragons yesterday. Is that even possible? Especially with the wave of neo-fantastic movies coming out right now. I thought everybody at least knew that D&D what something geeks and devil worshippers had fun with.

For your next Dungeons & Dragons hack and slash campaign - or any MMORPG - you will need this flowchart.
It will make your decision making much easier. Hell, even an orc barbarian could figure out what the best course of action is if he had one!

I was browsing the D&D forums recently and someone was looking for hints on how to start a horror campaign.
How I would plan for the first game of a horror campaign

Monster Manual V in stores this month
The Monster Manual 5 was released this month. As a DM I am non-plussed. The first Monster Manual was great because it covered the classics but who needs 5 books? Personally I’d pay for the pictures so I have something to show the players. But [...]

Random thoughts
I’ve been spending an awful lot of time on my laptop recently. I’m not getting much out of it except a tendinitis. Made me wonder about D&D characters who crawl dungeons non-stop. Do they ever get nagging injuries from the repetition of the same combat motions repeated over and over again? [...]