Viewing Profile: John Lewis
About John LewisMy name is John Lewis and I’ve been roleplaying for quite awhile, since the early 80’s anyway and virtually all of that time has been as a game master. This is my first shot at blogging but I’m really looking forward to sharing some thoughts and ideas about the hobby.
In the coming months I will be blogging about game mechanical design and theory, campaign construction, adventure creation, roleplaying tips and techniques, and of course the occasional rant about the things that drive me nuts about gaming and gamers. Myself included!
Latest Posts by John Lewis
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Building Realism: Character Relationships"));It’s safe to say that the majority of roleplaying games assume that the group is made up of characters that get along reasonably enough and share at least a few cooperative goals. For our group I like everyone at the table (myself included) to have a solid understanding as to why this group work...XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery [A DM’s Review]Yesterday, Sam and I received our copy of XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery, the upcoming RPG book by bestselling author, Tracy Hickman and his son Curtis Hickman. My intention was to skim through the book during my lunch break last night and then spend today reading the book cover to cover. Alas, this wa...Building Memorable D&D Characters: Race & Cla...Campaign longevity hinges on two important aspects of the game; having a DM that provides an interesting and compelling story and players that provide interesting and compelling characters. This series of articles focus on the latter; building characters that have us wanting to know more about the...Addressing MetagamingDM: “From your vantage point you see two trolls cooking something over a fire pit. Both wear what looks like leather armor and carry large two-handed weapons. Two cave entrances behind them are dark but you can hear occasional noise coming from inside. What are you guys doing?” ...Back Behind the Screen, and in Front of the ComputerToday is the first day in the past few months that I have been able to sit down at my computer and resume writing for RoleplayingPro. Without going into details numerous family health issues have not only kept me from contributing articles but have also kept me from the game table. Fortunately m...
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