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Featured Campaign

Donner und Sturm

It’s a new month, so it’s time for a new Featured Campaign! This month we offer you something new. Something different. Something German. February’s Featured Campaign is Donner und Sturm (click here for the English translation). Check it out, this campaign has an intro movie!

Is that awesome, or what? click here to read the rest of the article, plus an interview with Meister, the DM for Donner und Sturm.

Guest Blogger Articles

Writing for five: How to avoid developing a campaign that only appeals to you

by Chgowiz

This week's Guest Blogger Article comes to us once again from old school enthusiast, freelance game writer, and all around nice guy, Chgowiz!

You're a new player in a campaign. You have your character all rolled up, you've dotted your I's and crossed your T's and you're all set to have fun. You sit down and the Game Master begins. It might be the same session, or it might be a few sessions later, but you get the feeling that the GM's amazing story has become more important than the actual game that everyone is playing!

GMs who run great campaigns really love the worlds they build. They spend a lot of time and thought into writing them; it's similar to the creativity that goes into writing a novel. At some point, the GM can fall in love with their creation so much that it can lead to player frustration. They begin to feel like all they are is a scripted actor in a story instead of being a full participant in the GM's world with the ability to shape it.

...Click here to read the rest of Michael's article!