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Always So Very Friendly
A couple of weeks ago, the 6d6 think tank covered what to do in that classic of tabletop gaming, “you all start in a tavern”. In the video we put together a set of ideas that focus around getting all
Zeroth Characters
Character creation in the 6d6 RPG is a fine and splendid thing. Whether you’re using the quick start rules or building something from scratch, with a few key ideas a fully fledged character can be built in minutes. But like
4 Christmas Themed RPG Adventure Plots
In this week’s RPG Thinktank we brainstormed ideas for adventures with a Christmas Theme. Siege on Christmas Town (Patrick) Father Winter, enraged at his usurpation by the softer image of St Nicolas has declared war on christmas, a special
RPG Thinktank – Christmas Themed Adventure Plots
As a wise man once said “It’s CHRISTMAAASSS” and this week’s topic for RPG brainstorming is Christmas themed adventures. They can be in any setting and genre but we are looking for plots suitable for a yuletide roleplaying.
6 Party-Forming Plot Hooks (Starting In A Tavern)
It is one of the great cliches of fantasy gaming. The characters start the adventure as strangers in a tavern but are thrown together by events and form a party of adventurers. In this week’s RPG Thinktank we refresh this
RPG Thinktank – Fantasy Taverns With Party-Forming Plot Hooks
This week’s RPG brainstorming is all about ideas for taverns and plot-hooks which turns strangers in a party of adventurers. It is a problem every GM has faced at the start of a campaign – how to get the players’
5 Ways To Make Space Travel More Interesting
In our recent RPG Thinktank we discussed scenarios which GMs can drop on the characters when they believe they are on dull, routine space travel. Lost Time In Space On a long, dull voyage the crew slowly come to
RPG Thinktank – Alone In Space
The 6d6 RPG team gather together to brainstorm ideas for RPG adventures, monsters, settings and more. This week’s topic is … *Alone In Space* The characters are alone in their spaceship as they make a routine trip. What unexpected danger
3 Terrifying Post-Apocalyptic RPG Settings
The end of the world is a great setting for RPGs and post-apocalyptic games have existed since almost as longs as there has been role-playing games. Metamorphosis Alpha was the first in 1976 but it was Gamma World in
RPG Thinktank – The End of the World with Special Guests: Nightfall Games
Our weekly RPG brainstorming session features two special guests: Dave Allsop and Jared Earle. They are the creators of 90s cult-classic SLA Industries and between them run Nightfall Games [ http://nightfall.co/ ] This Week’s Topic: The End of the World
RPG Thinktank: The Path To Inhumanity
Join us for our weekly RPG brainstorming sessions. This weeks topic … In Lovecraftian fiction inhumanity is a running theme, the fear of becoming something other than human, whether mentally physically or spiritually. To represent this in 6d6 lovecraft we