Random thoughts
I’m back from vacation and I’m more tired than I was 10 days ago! But it’s a good kind of tired. It’s time to get back to business and I’m definitely pumped / intimidated by everything happening on Dungeon Mastering.
Fluff and Crunch
Phil - the infamous Chatty DM - has been spewing great [...]

New posting schedule
Some readers told me they usually read Dungeon Mastering while having breakfast.  Since I usually post articles between 6am and 8am eastern time (that’s GMT -5 for non-north-americans) I figured I could set a regular schedule for all articles.
From now on all articles will be posted at 6:30am.
Parallel Adventure Project coming soon
Those of [...]

Knowing your limits
I think I mentioned recently that I used to be a semi-professional athlete (only semi because I never made much money from it!). From 2001 to 2004 I made the World Championships finals - that means top 10 - in my discipline but only twice was I really a top 10 [...]

This article is part of the Instant World Builder Project.
Instant World Builder #1: Maps
Drawing maps for a new campaign might be my favorite DM activity. It’s what I start with when I design worlds and campaigns. I am usually motivated, inspired and always surprised to see the plot hooks that arise during map-drawing.
Unfortunately [...]

The thrill of world creation
World Creation is one of my favorite aspects of running a D&D campaign. It allows me to be creative, and I don’t get to do it often so it’s always fresh. However it is easy to get bogged down in the detailS and fail to create a rich, living environment for [...]

D&D3E books can stil be useful
All the sourcebooks that deal with non-mechanic issues - like the great cityscape book that helps you add flavour to your urban D&D setting - will still be useful when 4e is released in 2008. Just check Amazon or Ebay for cheap deals. I saw some ridiculously low prices [...]