One of the easiest ways to make your campaign and your setting feel real, immersive, and unique is by taking away the certitude that magic is always going to act the same way. This mysterious, world-altering energy should not ever be completely understood by your characters, as the discovery of it is a big part … Read more
Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. As we love to say, schedules are the BBEG. Especially if you’re running a larger group. Unexpected life events, sickness, and the struggle for work-life balance can create large gaps in your campaign. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but also forgetful. How do we use the often lengthy time … Read more
Greetings gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! My girlfriend Jenn had been asking me for close to two years now to read Fourth Wing. Because I hadn’t, at least to her knowledge, it made the perfect foundation for a surprise birthday game one-shot. However, writing this game was a daunting task because, as they … Read more
Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. We’ve recently embarked on an experiment in creating a homebrew world live on our podcast. If you haven’t been listening, I encourage you to check it out and get in on the voting on social media. In staying with our theme of helping DMs, we’ve decided to collaborate with our … Read more
Greetings gamers from all systems, places, and timelines! I’ve been running games for over three decades now, and my favorite campaign of all time, ironically, is my current one. Not because my table is filled with rule or dramatic roleplay experts. Actually, quite the opposite, as two of the players had never played a TTRPG … Read more
Movies. TV series. Books. Other DMs running games. There are a multitude of sources that provide fodder for our imagination in developing cool ideas that we want to play with in our own games. But how many ideas are TOO MANY ideas? Can you have too many ideas? In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave … Read more
Our last episode was the preamble. Last week’s article discussed some of what we learned from playing with new people. But, in this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave sit down with the newest addition to our gaming group, Elizabeth, to delve deep into what went into running the Call of Cthulhu one-shot, playing with brand … Read more
Backstory. Character development. It’s one of the most discussed topics in the TTRPG space. And the 3 Wise DMs were faced with the question when a friend offered to run a Call of Cthulhu one-shot for our group. This was followed by a Google Doc with twenty in-depth questions as to the character’s background, motivations, … Read more
You’ve been the DM for a long time (maybe even Forever!) and one of your players has finally said those magic words: “I think I wanna run a game.” So, with all your wisdom, all your experience, all your skills – how do you help the new DM along in the game so that they … Read more
Greetings, 3WD-verse! DM Chris here. One of the cornerstones of DMing is preparation. In many ways, you’re the tour guide for your players in the campaign world, so you need an understanding deep enough that you can help them learn and discover it. You’re more than just a narrator – you’re the weaver of possibilities, … Read more
