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A complete beginner’s guide for your first D&D 5E game REVISED!

January 5, 2018

Before we begin... It has been over 3 years since I first wrote this article just days after we started this blog and I'd like to thank everyone who has visited and supported us over the years. We are driven b... Read More...

Toy Town is a Tool to Generate 3D Town Maps for your Campaign

Andy

November 13, 2017

Reddit user /r/watawatabou today posted a tool that lets you make 3D town maps in seconds. It's called Toy Town and it is really, really cool. With a simple set of tools a DM can create a 3D town map to insp... Read More...

3 Tips for Any New DM

Kennstan

June 30, 2017

We see posts on Facebook groups and Reddit all the time saying "I'm a new DM, do you have some tips for my first session?" and the answer is yes, yes we do! So, we've put together some tips designed to be more ... Read More...

5 World Building Tips for RPGs

Andy

August 5, 2016

World building is the creation of new worlds and new universes. Everything from geography to cosmology, from politics to climate, world building is inventing a unique and living world for players to participate... Read More...

Use OneNote to Buff Your RPGs

Andy

April 8, 2016

Ever since buying a SurfacePro I have discovered the amazingness that is OneNote. It's a note taking application that works really well as… well, a notebook! In this article I'll go through some of the ways ... Read More...

Introducing the Occultist

Tyler Biddle

April 4, 2016

For all you role players out there interested in the stranger side of things, I present the Occultist class for 5th edition! This class is inspired by esoteric archetypes like psychic mediums, witches, and fort... Read More...

11 Legendary Bad Guys to Inspire Your Villains

Andy

February 5, 2016

While I love conflicted and dynamic villains in story telling and RPGs, sometimes I just like to throw in a really really awful and terrible force of nature to wreak havoc on my worlds. For those, I look to sev... Read More...

Reviving An Old Campaign Setting Part 1: NPCs & Player Characters

Brian

January 30, 2016

If you're like me, you can never find enough time in the day to work on everything you want to make your game a rich & rewarding experience. It can be a lot of pressure on a DM to create unique experiences ... Read More...

Four Reasons to Use Preparation Sheets in D&D

Andy

January 22, 2016

There are a lot of things that go into characters preparing for an adventure or mission: spells, gear, potions, etc. It's common for spell casters to create a list of the spells they're preparing for the day, b... Read More...

how to make your campaigns stand the test of time

How to start a D&D game that will stand the test of time

Kennstan

October 2, 2015

In our combined 45 years of roleplaying here on Nerd Sourced, it's hard to really know how many games we have started and stopped -sometimes even before the first session. This can be not only a huge morale-kil... Read More...