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How to Cope", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/monsters-that-run-or-surrender-raise-so-many-problems-how-to-cope/", "published_at": "2022-03-01T12:55:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1a53290b", "title": "3 Reasons to Never Split the Party and How to Ignore Them", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/3-reasons-to-never-split-the-party-and-how-to-ignore-them/", "published_at": "2022-02-22T13:10:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1b3c047d", "title": "Monsters of the Multiverse Should Have Given Foes a Boost, But it Didn’t. Next Chance: 2024", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/monsters-of-the-multiverse-should-have-given-foes-a-boost-but-it-didnt-next-chance-2024/", "published_at": "2022-02-01T13:49:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1becbe09", "title": "From Hommlet to Phandalin, Villages Written as a List of Locations Seem Ready To Run. They Lie", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/from-hommlet-to-phandalin-villages-written-as-a-list-of-locations-seem-ready-to-run-they-lie/", "published_at": "2022-01-25T12:51:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1c28194c", "title": "DMs: Don’t Make a Pet NPC, But Sometimes You Can Play a Guide", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/dms-dont-make-a-pet-npc-but-sometimes-you-can-play-a-guide/", "published_at": "2022-01-18T12:46:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1c733242", "title": "If Dungeons Offer Riches, Why Don’t the Authorities Loot Them?", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/if-dungeons-offer-riches-why-dont-the-authorities-loot-them/", "published_at": "2022-01-11T13:58:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1ca23b3a", "title": "The Movies and Stories than Inspired Dave Arneson to Invent the Dungeon Crawl", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-movies-and-stories-than-inspired-dave-arneson-to-invent-the-dungeon-crawl/", "published_at": "2022-01-04T12:30:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c543-3ec9-70d0-9232-0bba1cd1a684", "title": "The Strange Mystery of the D&D Monster Called a Thoul", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-strange-mystery-of-the-dd-monster-called-a-thoul/", "published_at": "2021-12-21T12:36:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9c3fe270", "title": "Pre-Selected Best Spells for Wizards", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/pre-selected-spells-for-wizards/", "published_at": "2021-12-14T13:40:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9c42daaa", "title": "The One Best Way to Make Perception Checks Doesn’t Exist. Here’s Your Toolkit", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-one-best-way-to-make-perception-checks-doesnt-exist-heres-your-toolkit/", "published_at": "2021-12-07T12:47:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9c8efb30", "title": "Narrating Combat, Actions, and Outcomes", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/narrating-combat-actions-and-outcomes/", "published_at": "2021-11-30T12:36:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9cf3d513", "title": "Descriptions That Dare Players To Act Create a Brisk Tempo", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/descriptions-that-dare-players-to-act-lead-to-an-brisk-tempo/", "published_at": "2021-11-23T12:48:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9dbd8ae1", "title": "End Your Descriptions With Something That Inspires Players To Act", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/end-your-descriptions-with-something-that-inspires-players-to-act/", "published_at": "2021-11-16T12:39:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9deb3ce1", "title": "How To Make Descriptions Vivid and Evocative", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/how-to-make-descriptions-vivid-and-evocative/", "published_at": "2021-11-09T12:18:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9eb6c670", "title": "Narrating Your D&D Game: The Essentials", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/narrating-your-games-the-essentials/", "published_at": "2021-11-02T12:10:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9f5f0197", "title": "How Playing on Streams and at Conventions Sharpens D&D’s Designers", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/how-playing-on-streams-and-at-conventions-sharpens-dds-designers/", "published_at": "2021-10-27T12:12:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbb9ff75619", "title": "Use a White Paint Pen to Label Miniatures", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/use-a-white-paint-pen-to-label-miniatures/", "published_at": "2021-10-21T12:12:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54c-1a79-72fa-87d7-7cbba06e529a", "title": "Tasha’s Rules for Custom Origins Make Pencil-Necked 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"01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02be62df64", "title": "Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/game-wizards-the-epic-battle-for-dungeons-dragons/", "published_at": "2021-09-28T11:09:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02be99e8f9", "title": "Ravenloft’s House of Lament Aims for Tough Goals and Hits Them", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/ravenlofts-house-of-lament-aims-for-tough-goals-and-hits-them/", "published_at": "2021-09-24T12:19:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02bf06b817", "title": "Rethinking Potions as a Bonus Action", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/rethinking-potions-as-a-bonus-action/", "published_at": "2021-09-21T11:57:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02bfdf40ca", "title": "The Tournament Adventure That Tested My Limits as a DM", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/the-tournament-adventure-that-tested-my-limits-as-a-dm/", "published_at": "2021-09-16T12:09:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02c025c7f7", "title": "Why Does Rime of the Frostmaiden Have Just One Magic Weapon?", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/why-does-rime-of-the-frostmaiden-have-just-one-magic-weapon/", "published_at": "2021-09-14T12:15:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02c038e435", "title": "Dungeons Are Contrived for Fun Games", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/dungeons-are-contrived-for-fun-games/", "published_at": "2021-09-09T11:15:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c554-7b7f-721b-929d-0c02c0b48554", "title": "Without Encumbrance, Strength Is a Roleplaying Choice for Sub-Optimal Characters", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/without-encumbrance-strength-is-a-roleplaying-choice-for-sub-optimal-characters/", "published_at": "2021-09-07T10:38:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-da64-72f2-b709-0626d1fa20d2", "title": "Upcoming on DM David", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/upcoming-on-dm-david/", "published_at": "2021-09-07T10:35:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-da64-72f2-b709-0626d23d3347", "title": "Challenging High-level Characters Without Breaking the Dungeon Master", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/challenging-high-level-characters-without-breaking-the-dungeon-master/", "published_at": "2021-08-31T10:53:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-da64-72f2-b709-0626d26ec859", "title": "Making High-Level D&D Click: Advice from Alan Patrick, the DM Who Has Run More Tier 4 Than Anyone", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/making-high-level-dd-click-advice-from-alan-patrick-who-has-run-more-tier-4-than-anyone/", "published_at": "2021-08-24T11:18:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-da64-72f2-b709-0626d2e45db3", "title": "All the Troubles That Can Make High-Level D&D a Bitch To Run, and How To Solve Them", "url": "https://dmdavid.com/tag/all-the-troubles-that-can-make-high-level-dd-a-bitch-to-run-and-how-to-solve-them/", "published_at": "2021-08-17T11:03:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55c-da64-72f2-b709-0626d2fed4dc", "title": "The Most Useful D&D Miniatures 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2026

Wizards of the Coast Announces More D&D for Everyone, but Not All of It’s for Youoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026

2025

RPG Design: How a Roleplaying Game like D&D Could Make Rounds Play Betteroriginal ↗
23 Dec 2025
Making the Most of Cyclic Turn Order in Games Like D&D and Pathfinderoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2025
Making the Best of Roleplaying Games Like Draw Steel and Daggerheart With Player-Driven Turn Ordersoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Turns and Turn Order Are the Worst, so Why Do Roleplaying Games Make Us Spend So Much Time Deliberating Them?original ↗
2 Dec 2025
5 Tropes that Make Exciting Stories But Ruin D&D Gamesoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2025
D&D 2024 Ignored One of Fifth Edition’s Original Goals, Losing Something We All Still Want in D&Doriginal ↗
28 Apr 2025
Checks Versus Attack Rolls: Every Aspiring RPG Designer (and Some Veterans) Should Read Thisoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2025
Is D&D Best When Corporate Isn’t Paying Attention? The Suits Are Paying Attention Noworiginal ↗
21 Jan 2025
For Years AD&D Rounds Lasted Six Times Longer Than D&D Rounds and Only Gary Gygax Thought It Made Senseoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2025

2024

Fifth-Edition D&D’s Original Lead Designer Calls Out the Game’s “Secret Error” That Remains Todayoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2024
25 Years Ago I Posted My Wish List For D&D. How’s it Going?original ↗
19 Nov 2024
Never Have Monsters Make Checks—Just Let the Players Rolloriginal ↗
1 May 2024
Daggerheart vs. the MCDM RPG vs. D&D: A Playtest Comparisonoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2024
From B1 to Pinebrook: Every D&D Adventure That Includes DM Advice and What They Taughtoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2024

2023

The Latest D&D Studio Update on the 2024 Core Rule Books Should Have Excited Me, but It Just Made Me Apprehensiveoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2023
What Choose-Your-Adventure Books Can Teach Game Masters About Pacing and Decisionsoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—1. D&D Becomes a Target of the Satanic Panicoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—2. Child Genius Disappears, Creating the Media Furor That Introduced D&D to Americaoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—3. Wizards of the Coast Attempts To Revoke the Current Open Gaming Licenseoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—4. Fourth Edition Sparks an Edition War and the Creation of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Gameoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—5. D&D Splits Into Two Games With “No Similarity,” Provoking Lawsuitsoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—6. The Melnibonéan and Cthulhu Mythoi Disappear From Deities & Demigodsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—7. D&D changes the game’s original handling of races and humanoidsoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—8. TSR Demands That D&D Players Stop Sharing Their Fan Creations on the Internetoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—9. D&D Infringes on Tolkien by Including Hobbits, Ents, Nazgûl, and Balrogsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2023
D&D’s Biggest Controversies Ranked—10. TSR Trashes the Entire Print Run of the Palace of the Silver Princess Adventureoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2023
How D&D’s Rules Changed To Encourage More Varied Groups of Heroes Than Those in the Pulp Fantasy That Inspired the Game.original ↗
29 Aug 2023
Shut Up and Fight This Thing!original ↗
15 Aug 2023
The Scandal of Palace of the Silver Princess, the D&D Adventure that TSR Printed and Trashedoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2023
The Story of Palace of the Silver Princess, the Adventure so Scandalous That the Print Run Went to a Landfilloriginal ↗
27 Jun 2023
Curse of Vecna and the Creative Method of Asking How Can This Be True?original ↗
13 Jun 2023
The Astral and Ethereal Went From Interchangable to Overcomplicated. How Can D&D Fix Them?original ↗
23 May 2023
The Neglected Secret to Making Dungeons Fun to Exploreoriginal ↗
9 May 2023
Whether You Call Them Rumors, Secrets, Clues, Hooks, or Leads, These Nuggets of Information Power Adventures and Campaignsoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2023
Why Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Is Utterly Different From the Fantastic Films of the Pastoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2023
How Shadowdark Delivers Old-School D&D Intensity With Modern Game Mechanicsoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2023
Simple Builds That Make Multi-Level Battles Extraordinaryoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2023
Fourth Edition Improved D&D Design For Good, But One of Its Innovations Still Leads to Bad Adventuresoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2023
Drop Everything and Play in My Winter Fantasy 2023 Game!original ↗
29 Jan 2023
The Legal Fight Over Happy Birthday and What It May Tell Us About D&D’s Rumored OGL 1.1original ↗
8 Jan 2023

2022

How to Turn D&D’s Swingy d20 Checks Into a Feature That Can Improve Your Gameoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2022
Why D&D’s d20 Tests Make Experts Look Inept and How to Make the Best of Itoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2022
For D&D Travel, Steer Clear Of Rolls Versus Random Punishmentoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2022
The 5 Unwritten Goals of the One D&D Rules Updateoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2022
Ten Insights into the One D&D Playtest of Expert Classesoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2022
Just Because a Dungeon Numbers Every Room Doesn’t Mean Players Have To Explore Room-by-Roomoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2022
For More Entertaining D&D Battles, Stop Players From Focusing Fireoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2022
The One D&D Playtest: Big and Small Surprises and Why I Like the Controversial Critical Hit Ruleoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
6 Things to Include in a 1st-Level D&D Adventureoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2022
The Right Monster for the Job: D&D Monsters Listed by Functionoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2022
D&D’s Best Monsters for Fun and Utilityoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2022
One More Inspiration: Why I Made Color Maps for Battle Walker From the Abyssoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2022
My 5 Biggest Game Mastering Blunders Ever and What I Learnedoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2022
The Inspirations for Battle Walker From the Abyss Could Also Inspire Youoriginal ↗
31 May 2022
Battle Walker From the Abyss and Why I Took a High Dive Into the Shallow End of the D&D Pooloriginal ↗
23 May 2022
How to Bring Player Character Backstory Into Campaigns Without Oversteppingoriginal ↗
10 May 2022
Credit D&D’s Push Into to the Multiverse for Spelljammeroriginal ↗
25 Apr 2022
The No-Prep Way to Use Character Backstory In a Campaignoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2022
The Best D&D Spells to Cast With a Higher Level Slotoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2022
7 Discarded D&D Rules That Could Still Improve the Gameoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2022
Morale Checks: Does Wisdom Make One Courageous or Wise?original ↗
8 Mar 2022
Monsters That Run or Surrender Raise so Many Problems. How to Copeoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2022
3 Reasons to Never Split the Party and How to Ignore Themoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2022
Monsters of the Multiverse Should Have Given Foes a Boost, But it Didn’t. Next Chance: 2024original ↗
1 Feb 2022
From Hommlet to Phandalin, Villages Written as a List of Locations Seem Ready To Run. They Lieoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
DMs: Don’t Make a Pet NPC, But Sometimes You Can Play a Guideoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2022
If Dungeons Offer Riches, Why Don’t the Authorities Loot Them?original ↗
11 Jan 2022
The Movies and Stories than Inspired Dave Arneson to Invent the Dungeon Crawloriginal ↗
4 Jan 2022

2021

The Strange Mystery of the D&D Monster Called a Thouloriginal ↗
21 Dec 2021
Pre-Selected Best Spells for Wizardsoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2021
The One Best Way to Make Perception Checks Doesn’t Exist. Here’s Your Toolkitoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2021
Narrating Combat, Actions, and Outcomesoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2021
Descriptions That Dare Players To Act Create a Brisk Tempooriginal ↗
23 Nov 2021
End Your Descriptions With Something That Inspires Players To Actoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2021
How To Make Descriptions Vivid and Evocativeoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2021
Narrating Your D&D Game: The Essentialsoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2021
How Playing on Streams and at Conventions Sharpens D&D’s Designersoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2021
Use a White Paint Pen to Label Miniaturesoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2021
Tasha’s Rules for Custom Origins Make Pencil-Necked Mountain Dwarves Overly Goodoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2021
Watch Me Talk D&D on the Designer’s Den With Ginny Lovedayoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2021
Before You Roll, Do the Math: A D&D Tip Inspired by Numeneraoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2021
The 9th-Level Spell that Breaks D&D (It’s Not Wish)original ↗
5 Oct 2021
Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragonsoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2021
Ravenloft’s House of Lament Aims for Tough Goals and Hits Themoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2021
Rethinking Potions as a Bonus Actionoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2021
The Tournament Adventure That Tested My Limits as a DMoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2021
Why Does Rime of the Frostmaiden Have Just One Magic Weapon?original ↗
14 Sept 2021
Dungeons Are Contrived for Fun Gamesoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2021
Without Encumbrance, Strength Is a Roleplaying Choice for Sub-Optimal Charactersoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2021
Upcoming on DM Davidoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2021
Challenging High-level Characters Without Breaking the Dungeon Masteroriginal ↗
31 Aug 2021
Making High-Level D&D Click: Advice from Alan Patrick, the DM Who Has Run More Tier 4 Than Anyoneoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2021
All the Troubles That Can Make High-Level D&D a Bitch To Run, and How To Solve Themoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2021
The Most Useful D&D Miniatures to Buy On a Budgetoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2021
Confidence game: Why Faking Confidence Makes You a Better Dungeon Masteroriginal ↗
20 Jul 2021
Add Tension and Interesting Choices to D&D Adventures With This Potionoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2021
How to End Combat Encounters Before They Become a Grindoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2021
Two Ways to Exploit D&D’s Ready Action In Tricky Waysoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2021
How to Make a Mind-Controlling Sorcerer Who Forces DMs to Keep up with Some Fast Thinkingoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2021
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