CHAINMAIL: 05.12.2023

Chainmail is a weekly newsletter dedicated to sharing the abundance of excellent content available in the TTRPG space. You'll find YouTube videos, blog posts, quotes from books, and many other forms of media related to improving your skills as game masters and world builders. Enjoy!

The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact - Bastionland

Alright, pay attention. This is one of those articles that has the potential to radically change your perspective on DMing. The formula of "information, choice, impact" should constantly be coming up in your game. It is what you should be measuring all of your encounters and interesting scenarios against. The author of this article, Chris McDowall, is a legend in the TTPRG blog space so give this one a read. It's short but crammed full of expert advice.

Diamond in the rough youtube channel here! Really excited to see Mell grow his content because already he offers up great advice. The one I linked here is a great breakdown of the concept of "verisimilitude". If you don't know what that means, watch the video!

Kobold Guide to Dungeons

I usually start the book portion of Chainmail with a quote, but I got overwhelmed. This guide has 17 essays written by some legendary figures in the game design space all focused on the classic "dungeon". Way too many quotes to choose from. I was reminded of this series of guides when I stumbled upon this gem at my local game shop. Can't wait to fully get into everything this book has to offer. I know it is going to offer up advice that will leave a lasting impression on my game and I bet it will do the same for you. Now to get the rest of the Kobold Guide books...

I hope these resources inspire you! See you next week.