The Story Engine Blog

Whether you're a D&D player or a Dungeon Master, we've all been there: the party is camping between towns, or exploring a story sidepath, and t...

Everyone prepares for a game of Dungeons & Dragons differently. A lot of people I have talked to over the years don’t prep their random encount...

This is the final part of Pedro Galicia's 4-blog guest series about how to handle it when the party takes your D&D campaign off the rails! Par...

This is part 3 of Pedro Galicia's 4-blog series about how to handle it when the party takes your D&D campaign off the rails. Part 1 was about p...

Last week, guest blogger and professional DM Pedro Galicia kicked off a four-blog series about how to handle it when the party takes your D&D c...

The glow of torchlight fills the dungeon walls. Sickly creatures of abyssal origin roam the halls, searching for adventurers foolish enough to step...

It's always fun to do a special holiday session for your D&D players, but it's not always easy to find an adventure that fits. Fortunately, the...

I'm pleased to unveil a little something I've been working on with Pedro Galicia (our guest blogger and DM of the World Walkers D&D podcast). I...

Maybe you're a D&D player trying to bribe the DM to fudge the next crit on your level 15 singing-bowl-playing Monk-Bard multiclass character. O...

It’s time to prep for your next game session. You’ve got books of monsters. You’ve got rulebooks on your shelf that you’ll keep on those shelves wh...

Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes, a moment changes your life, and the only way to process it is to share it in the form of a powerful sto...

I've already talked about my love for NaNoWriMo, the one-month novel-writing binge that unites writers all over the world. But as a Forever DM alwa...