"The players arrive to the session, and you narrate that they see in front of them a portal (perhaps created by an imp, or pixie, or wh

Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! After a hiatus due to popping a question and planning a wedding which will take place in two...

"Mission Zero is designed to bring the party together."

"Just as you want to case your leads well for a film, you want the player characters to be a good fit for the campaign as well. So spen

"Just as each player character should fulfill a role in the party, so also all of your NPCs should fulfill a role in the encounter.&quo

"Good stories have varieties of villains, each filling a different role to display and develop the abilities of the protagonists. Rolep

"In the vast majority of campaigns, you don't need a lot of allied NPCs...but the allies we require are integral to a successful ca

"A roleplay mission should be like a man's kilt: long enough to serve its purpose, short enough to be functional."

Regardless of the model you use, a rightly paced campaign should be cohesive and dynamic.

"Not all roleplay campaigns are created equal, in part because of design, structure, etc., but also because of genre: some genres reson

"There are a lot of ways that a story can go wrong from a plot perspective....This post will give you thoughts on how to craft a good s

"If you approach the building of the campaign from start to finish as a case study in seeing characters grow, and how they deal with a

Hey Reader! Welcome back to the Zurn Blog! I wrapped up my teaching engagements (though I gained another one in May - more on that in our...

Hey Reader! As I prepare to teach on Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe this weekend, one of the...

Hey Internet! As of this morning, the Zurn July Writers Month has begun! For those who are participating in the #ZuJuWriMo, we look...

Hey Reader! As we prepare for the start of the Zurn July Writers Month tomorrow, we thought we'd check in one last time before the...

Hey Reader! As I was doing some research on player styles (for a series that I'll be starting in May, probably), and I came across a...

Hey reader! Welcome back to the Zurn blog! Today we're featuring a video by Rhykker, a DM who has played several gaming systems, and has...

Dear Reader, Welcome to Zurn Central! Over the past few years we've been slowly building up the mechanics of both the Warriors of Zurn...