TABLE OF CONTENTS Ending Scenes and Campaigns Without Falling Flat Every story ends, whether it’s a one-shot barfight, a political summit gone sideways, or a…
Month: May 2025
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 8: Long-Term Plots: From Sparks to Campaigns
TABLE OF CONTENTS How to Build Multi-Scene Arcs Without Burning Out or Losing Your Players Running one scene is great.Running a whole series of interconnected scenes? That’s…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 7: Inclusive Scenes: Making Space for Everyone
TABLE OF CONTENTS Spotlight-Sharing, Tone Balancing, and Welcoming All Players to the Table The best scenes don’t just entertain. They include. They invite. They give everyone…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 6: Dealing with Derailment, Drama, and Inertia
TABLE OF CONTENTS What to Do When the Scene Breaks (or Never Starts Moving) So your players are in the room. The NPCs are talking….
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 5: Creating Memorable NPCs on the Fly
TABLE OF CONTENTS Fast, Flavorful Characters Who Don’t Steal the Spotlight NPCs (non-player characters) are the grease in the storytelling gears. They’re the quest-givers, the…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 4: Improvisation Without Meltdown
TABLE OF CONTENTS Staying Loose, Not Lost, When Players Go Off the Rails If you’ve run even one RP scene, you know the truth:Players never…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 3: Hooks, Stakes, and Player Buy-In
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Characters to Care (and Players to Show Up) So you’ve got a scene idea. You’ve got your toolkit. But now comes…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 2: The Scene Runner’s Toolbox
TABLE OF CONTENTS What You Need, What You Don’t, and What Secretly Matters Most Welcome back, storyteller! Last time, we talked about what it means to run…
So You Want to Make Fun for Others – Part 1: What It Means to Run RP
TABLE OF CONTENTS So, you’re thinking about running RP scenes – not just playing in them. That’s awesome. You’re stepping into the role of story facilitator, atmosphere…
So You Want to Play…
A Roleplayer’s Guide to OtherSpace MUSH Welcome to the So You Want to Play… series – your gateway to understanding the unique playable species, factions,…