Hale's Guide

DM Vocab - Interesting Words You May Not Have Known

38. Screednoun /skriːd/A long speech or piece of writing, typically one regarded as tedious."The research papers appeared to be a screed full of nonsense and contradictions." 37. Soporific...

How to check the balance of your Dungeons & Dragons Dice

Dungeons & Dragons is somewhat of a chimera. With the heart of a roleplaying game and the head of a dice game, D&D is the Frankenstein's Monster of the gaming world. It takes some of the be...

Player Lessons

5 Ways to be a Better Player

Being part of a game is obviously meant to be fun, but it can be frustrating when you have an obnoxious or inattentive player in your group. If you don’t notice that there’s a bad player in your gr...

How to DM

How to DM for the First Time

So, you’ve got a group together and picked your TTRPG gaming system, but you don’t know how to DM! Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here we share a few things we have found helpful during our ti...

GM Resources

Our 25 Best Riddles for Dungeons and Dragons

Riddle me this... I twist and I turn, with words that confuse, I hide myself in various clues. If you wish to fight me then a sore head you’ll have, or you can follow me down a long winding pat...

Player Lessons

Stop Trying To Win

Tabletop RPGs aren’t board games. The goal isn’t to win and trying to win is ruining it. Think about your favourite fiction, fantasy or sci-fi story. What makes them memorable, meaningful and epic?...

GM Resources

25 Stories Hooks for Your RPG Campaign

Story Hook #1 A Scar appears on the palms of the entire party Your party discover writing in scar tissue on the palms of all of their hands. The really strange thing: each one is written in their...