The Dice Bowl

April Updates!
April Updates!
Howdy! Some of my players have expressed interest in seeing some numbers of the games, and systems run, and I think in line with the 2 year mark of officially... Read more...
Tabletop Role Playing Games About Cults
Tabletop Role Playing Games About Cults
I was thinking of a theme for next month's selection of games, and I had several requests for Cain and Demon: The Fallen. I was thinking of what the related... Read more...
My Player Asked Me 7 Questions
My Player Asked Me 7 Questions
The Fried Dice community has had a group (in Singapore) at least since April 24th 2024 (and the twitch community way before that), and I thought I'd answer some stuff... Read more...
Mystery One-shots Part Two
Mystery One-shots Part Two
Art from https://www.artstation.com/artwork/04omB4 by Teodora Anghel Let's jump straight into it with parts five and six: How did it happen, and most importantly what clues are available for the party?... Read more...
Prepping for games 101: Speed
Prepping for games 101: Speed
I know I said I'd finish up the Murder Mystery post but this week has been a doozy (end of quarter life), and I'll need a bit more time to... Read more...
Mystery One-shots Part One
Mystery One-shots Part One
Everybody likes a good mystery game. Let me take you through how I wrote one. It is, of course, Scooby Doo themed! Also SPOILERS if you're intending on playing this one-shot! Send this to... Read more...
I joined a Game Jam...
I joined a Game Jam...
I like writing tabletop role-playing games, on top of actually running games. I feel like D&D has a basic framework, and there are just so many things to mix and... Read more...
4 Ways I Generate NPCs
4 Ways I Generate NPCs
I've read dozens if not over a hundred articles on ways to generate NPCs. One of my favorite heuristics is the simple list of coming up with the following for... Read more...
February 2026 Updates
February 2026 Updates
PHEW. It has been an INSANE month. February is the month of love, and I'd like to say I got tonnes of it. Thank you. For reading this blog and... Read more...
DMPCs. They're actually pretty great.
DMPCs. They're actually pretty great.
I recently ran across this article from The Angry GM again about DMPCs, and Tagalongs. I realized that the MOST BELOVED NPCs I've had in campaigns were... the tagalongs. A... Read more...
Ranged Paladin
Ranged Paladin
I've been tasked with making a ranged paladin, and here are some ways that I'd do it. Reflavor I think I've done Ranger/Fighter reflavors - Eldritch Knights and Arcane Archers... Read more...
I finished an Arc (5 session story) of a Campaign...
I finished an Arc (5 session story) of a Campaign...
...and this is how I planned it. The Pre-campaign Session 0. Game pitches. All the non-game technical stuff. This isn't a session 0 blog post, so I won't talk about... Read more...