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

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...

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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...

How to Make Traps More Interesting – Q&A

Andy

September 17, 2015

Traps come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, more so then we can possibly cover in one article. So when it came to writing about designing traps for D&D, we went the the experts. Steve Gordon from 2CGami... Read More...

How to Find People to Play D&D With

Andy

July 29, 2015

Just picked up D&D for the first time? Moved to a new town and haven't found your niche of gamers to play with? There are a myriad of reasons why someone would need help finding players to roll dice with. I... Read More...

Making Combat Interesting Part 3: Enemy Relationships & Examples

Andy

June 20, 2015

This is part 3 of the Making Combat Interesting series. You can find part 1: Objectives & Terrain Design here, and part 2: Resources & Mechanics Modifiers here. Enemy Relationships The last component ... Read More...

Making Combat Interesting Part 2: Resources & Mechanics

Andy

June 6, 2015

In Part 1 of this series, we talked about using objectives and terrain design to spice up your combat encounters. This time, we're going to be playing with the guts of an RPG system by using Resource and Mechan... Read More...

Making Combat Interesting Part 1: Objectives & Terrain Design

Andy

May 23, 2015

I play a lot of video games that involve action and combat. As a game design hobbyist, I consciously analyze the design decisions that developers make. As a DM, I'm always thinking of ways to incorporate the me... Read More...

How to Transfer Data from Nintendo 3DS to “NEW” 3DS XL

Kent " Rockman" Melendez

May 21, 2015

At last, the wait is finally over! Majora's Mask 3D is finally here! What better way to celebrate than by upgrading to the new handheld Nintendo 3DS XL? I'm sure all of you are wondering "How do I transfer a... Read More...

How to run a Game of Thrones RPG

Kennstan

May 4, 2015

With HBO's Game of Thrones in full swing, the urge to run a campaign in Westeros -or a game that is as remorselessly gritty- is in the air... so here are a few tips to get you started! Multiple locations ... Read More...

How to DM Like an Artist Part 1: The Scribble Method

Kennstan

April 25, 2015

Over the past few months I've posted a few how-tos, but none of these series of helpful hints has been as close to my heart as this one. As a self-described "Full time-time DM, part-time illustrator", I spend m... Read More...