The Black Notebook Podcast

#DMTips #CampaignDesign #dnd

In today's episode, I go through my process that works for me for building homebrew worlds for the start of a campaign. Everyone has their own process, and no one person will do it the same, so here is my method.

#DMTips #GMTips #dnd

In today's episode I was asked a few questions from a listener, and she wanted to know how I could make the giant end boss encounter a little more interesting and original. Tune in and find out what tips I give to make the encounter more interesting!

#DMTip #DMAdvice #RPG

In today's episode, a question from a listener Carl, I cover how to handle a group full of rowdy players, and how to calm them down. I answer this with a story about one of my games and answer a question about RFI's DM Will, a former Co-host.

#DMTips #GMTips #RPG

On today's show I got an message on FB from listener Samantha, who wanted to know my thoughts on running an adventure for mystery & Investigations. What tips I have for keeping it engaging and interesting. Tune into today's show and see what I suggest!

#dmtips #homebrew #dnd

Got a message asking me for advice on creating homebrew races for D&D, and how to balance them. In today's podcast I went over the pro's and con's of making new races as well as explored a custom race I came up with for this podcast called Octopus-People. Listen in and find out more!

#D6 #RPG #MeninBlack

On today's podcast, I got a question on my facebook page, from Jake asking about the Men in Black Roleplaying game by West End Games. He wanted to know what my experiences were with this game and is it worth playing. Listen in and see what I say!

#Dnd #DungeonsandDragons #RPG

In today's podcast, I go over some really cool background options I found in Spycraft that can apply to any game you play and it helps build a really cool background for your character without really trying. Answer the questions I talk about and you'll have a really interesting picture of what you character will be like. Tune in and find out!

#DMTips #GMtips #RPG #advice

Today I got a message from Ryan T on my Facebook page, asking about what to do with situation he's in. Today's episode talks about that and basically that we as DM need to have fun like the players and sometimes we make mistakes, owning up to that mistake is the key and almost all players will understand.

#Dragons #DMtips #Dnd

In today's episode, I got an email from Rebecca S, asking what my favorite Dragon is to use when running a game. Rebecca didn't mention an edition of D&D, so I defaulted to AD&D 1e, flipped open the Monster Manual to page 30 and looked at the Blue Dragon.

#DMTips #GMTips #RPG

So your campaign is going on break or hiatus... what does that mean, and what can you do to ensure the campaign will come back and be the same? Tune into today's podcast as we discuss what happens when a campaign goes on hiatus and how to keep your players excited and wanting to play more of the campaign!