HHC NEWSLETTER: 10.05.2024

This 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!

World Building is a Complimentary but Separate Hobby to RPGs - Deathtrap Games

The title of this blog post hits on something that is important for GMs to understand in order to better interface with our hobby. With the rise of celebrity GMs, there is a specific flavor of TTRPG play that is promoted and that can skew people's opinions on how we should engage with our games. This blog posts goes into why world building should be considered a separate aspect of our hobby and is not required in order to enjoy it.

Tolkien naming his characters - burialgoods

Sometimes, it can really be that easy.

Don't stress yourself out about naming stuff.

Tolkein didn't.

Good Lore/Bad Lore - Mazirian's Garden

TL;DR: "Good lore is actionable intelligence."

Make it mean something and make it interactive.

I hope these resources inspire you! If you haven't already, the best way to stay up to date with everything hothead related is to join the discord. See you next week!